TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Suicide by gender and 10-year age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic vs previous five years in Japan: an analysis of national vital statistics
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Eguchi, Akifumi
A1  - Nomura, Shuhei
A1  - Gilmour, Stuart
A1  - Harada, Nahoko
A1  - Sakamoto, Haruka
A1  - Ueda, Peter
A1  - Yoneoka, Daisuke
A1  - Tanoue, Yuta
A1  - Kawashima, Takayuki
A1  - Hayashi, Takehiko I.
A1  - Arima, Yuzo
A1  - Suzuki, Motoi
A1  - Hashizume, Masahiro
SP  - e114173
EP  - e114173
VL  - 305
IS  - 
N2  - Using daily vital statistics data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, we provide the first weekly and age-group-specific estimates of the additional suicide burden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan by gender, from January through November 2020. Our results indicate that compared with the previous five years, suicide cases in 2020 in Japan have increased from late July to November for women in all age groups and for men in the 20-29 and 80+ years age group. Targeted interventions based on age and gender might be more effective in reducing suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173
ID  - ref1
ER  -