Relationships between Expenditure of Regional Governments and Suicide Mortalities Caused by Six Major Motives in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Suicide mortality in Japan reduced in the period of 2009-2018. A number of studies identified the impact of financial governmental support for social welfare systems on suicide mortality; however, the detailed effects of specific regional policies, designed according to regional cultural, economic, education and welfare situations, on suicide mortality remain to be clarified. Therefore, the present study analyses the associations between the regional governmental expenditure of six major divisions, "public health", "public works", "police", "ambulance/fire services", "welfare" and "education", and suicide mortalities caused by six major suicidal motives, related to "family", "health", "economy", "employment", "romance" and "school", across the 47 prefectures in Japan during the period of 2

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751063 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature