Spatial clustering of suicide mortality and associated community characteristics in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, 2011-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide mortality is high in Japan and early interventional strategies to solve that problem are needed. An accurate evaluation of the regional status of current suicide mortality would be useful for community interventions. A few studies in Kanagawa prefecture, located next to Tokyo and with the second largest population in Japan, have identified spatial clusters of suicide mortality at regional levels. This study examined spatial clustering and clustering over time of such events using spatial data from regional statistics on suicide deaths.

Methods

Data were obtained from regional statistics (58 regions in Kanagawa prefecture) of the National Vital Statistics of Japan from 2011 to 2017. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and Empirical Bayes estimator for th

SUBMITTER: Yamaoka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature