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The middle‐aged generation is at high risk for suicide in Japan
Author(s) -
Ohara K.,
Xie D.,
Matsunaga T.,
Sano H.,
Miyasato K.,
Ohara K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01548.x
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , suicide rates , injury prevention , middle age , poison control , demography , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , occupational safety and health , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , medical emergency , sociology , pathology
The suicide rate in Japan was the highest in the world the 10 years after World War II. There were many suicides among young and aged people. Now, Japan has many suicides among middle‐aged people, and suicides among elderly people are still remarkable. These findings suggest that middle‐aged people in 1980s have a high risk of suicide and that suicide among elderly people will increase in 10–20 years.