Suicide rates in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake in Japan

The standardised suicide mortality ratio decreased during the first 2 years after the disaster in each affected prefecture compared with 2010 (table), and then rose in 2014 to the pre-disaster level in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures and exceeded it in the Fukushima prefecture.

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2015-05, Vol.385 (9979), p.1727-1727
Main Authors: Ohto, Hitoshi, Maeda, Masaharu, Yabe, Hirooki, Yasumura, Seiji, Bromet, Evelyn E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disasters - statistics & numerical data
Earthquakes
Earthquakes - statistics & numerical data
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Humans
Internal Medicine
Japan - epidemiology
Mental health
Mortality
Post traumatic stress disorder
Seismic activity
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Tsunamis
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Summary:The standardised suicide mortality ratio decreased during the first 2 years after the disaster in each affected prefecture compared with 2010 (table), and then rose in 2014 to the pre-disaster level in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures and exceeded it in the Fukushima prefecture.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60890-X