The analysis uses suicide statistical data (aggregated by the National Police Agency) published by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.When the number of suicides increases statistically from the usual year, it is judged as "excessive death".The total number of suicides during the analysis period was about 3, of which about 2 (1,000% of men) were found to have the reason for suicide.

　The analysis found months with excess deaths in all seven major items (family issues, health issues, economic and living issues, work issues, gender issues, school issues, etc.) (maximum excess death rate is October 7). Month).Females were found to have over-deaths for five consecutive months each due to family, health, work and other problems, and men had no over-deaths due to school problems.

　By sub-items, men are mainly unemployed in "economy / life", job failure in "work", work fatigue, relationships in the workplace, changes in the work environment, and loneliness / follow-up / crime detection in "others". Excessive death was seen in.

　Similarly, for women, "family problems" cause disagreements between parents and children, disagreements between couples, other disagreements about family relationships, worries about child-rearing, tiredness of nursing / nursing, and "health problems" due to physical illness and depression. Excessive deaths were mainly seen due to schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, other mental illnesses, troubles with alumni in "school problems", and follow-up in "others".

　This achievement will contribute to the examination of appropriate suicide prevention measures and policies for each gender by clarifying the reason for the increase in suicides after the COVID-19 epidemic (especially in the case of females). It is supposed to be.

Paper information:[JAMA Network Open] Reasons for Suicide during the COVID-19 Pandemicin Japan