Increasing Suicide Mortality of Female Students Became Greater than Males in Current Japan
Abstract
In Japan, national crude suicide mortality rates (CMR-suicides) consistently decreased during the 2010s, whereas adolescent CMR-suicides have increased from the mid-2010s. However, the high-risk groups and their causalities remain to be clarified. Temporal fluctuations of adolescent CMR-suicides disaggregated by gender, age, social standing, and suicide motive were analyzed with joinpoint regression and linear mixed-effect models using two government suicide databases. CMR-suicides among female elementary school students, middle school students, high school students, university students, and
Fields of Study & Subjects
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Gun Ownership and Violence Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Adolescents
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 18–18
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- EN