Citation

Yamasaki A, Araki S, Sakai R, Yokoyama K, Voorhees AS. Ind. Health 2008; 46(6): 541-549.

Affiliation

Department of Health Promotion and Human Behaviour, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19088406

Abstract

Effects of nine social life indicators on age-adjusted and age-specific annual suicide mortality of male and female Japanese population in the years 1953-96 were investigated by multiple regression analysis on time series data. Unemployment rate was significantly related to the age-adjusted mortality in both males and females. Also, female labour force participation was positively related to the male mortality; persons and 65 and above was inversely related to the male mortality. Results on the age-specific mortality indicated that: during the 44 yr, (1) unemployment significantly related with the mortality of young, middle-aged and elderly males and young females; (2) female labour force participation significantly related with the mortality of young and elderly males and young females; aged population significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged and elderly males; (4) young population significantly related with the mortality of young and middle-aged males and females; (5) divorce significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged and elderly males and young males and females; (6) persons employed in primary industries significantly related with the mortality in middle-aged males and young males and females; and (7) population density significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged males and young females.

Language: en