According to the analysis results of Yokohama City University, etc., the number of suicides in Japan in 2020 when the new coronavirus spread was 31% higher for women and 17% higher for men than the number expected without the new coronavirus. The group announced.
This was published in an overseas medical journal by a group such as Dr. Nobuyuki Hotta of Yokohama City University Hospital.
To investigate the impact of the epidemic of the new coronavirus on suicide, the group compared the estimated and actual number of suicides in the country from an analysis of data for the last 11 years before the onset of the coronavirus.
As a result, the number of suicides in 2020, when the corona sickness began, was 31% higher for women, 17% higher for men, and 72% higher for women in their 20s, compared to the predicted number. I understand.
According to the group, the change in the number of suicides since the beginning of the corona epidemic is similar to the change in the domestic unemployment rate, so it is possible that the increase in the unemployment rate due to the new corona affected young women with weak economic bases. It is said that there is sex.
"Academic support for increasing suicide of young women due to corona sickness"
Dr. Hotta of Yokohama City University Hospital said, "It has been said that the number of suicides of young women has increased due to the corona disaster, but I think that it has been academically supported. From the viewpoint of suicide prevention, infection control and economy Isn't it important to balance the measures? "