Suicides Mortality of Unemployed Individuals Becomes a Serious Public Health Concern in Japan in Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Era
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| ID | 15515921 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Tomoka Oka (Mie University), Ryozo Matsumoto (0000-0002-3663-3518, Mie University), Eishi Motomura (0000-0003-3013-9284, Mie University), Morihiko Okada (0000-0002-9025-2548, Mie University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Fascículo | 9 |
| Páginas | 1315-1315 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-08-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Editora | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph22091315 |
| PMID | 41007459 |
| OpenAlex | W4413451174 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 86 |
Identification of temporal relations among suicide mortality and economic/political implementations provides important information for not only planning suicide prevention but also socioeconomic/psychosocial measures. This cross-sectional observation study analyzed temporal fluctuations and causalities of suicide mortalities of working-age individuals, disaggregated by age/gender/social standing (employed/unemployed), in Japan from 2009 to 2024, using government databases, by joinpoint and vector-autoregressive analyses. Suicide mortality among total and employed females decreased until the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak but sharply increased, synchronized with the pandemic outbreak, before resuming a downward trend. Among males, the decreasing trends attenuated from 2016, followed by a transient increase in 2022. Unemployed males aged 40-69 exhibited four joinpoints: 2016 (decreasing-increasing), 2018 (increasing-decreasing), 2022 (decreasing-increasing), and 2023 (increasing-stable). In contrast, suicide mortality among unemployed females aged 40-69 sharply increased in 2022 and maintained the high level. Among individuals aged 30-39, suicide mortality reversed from decreasing to increasing in 2016 (males) and 2018 (unemployed females). Economic expansion was protective for employed individuals but had no significant effect on unemployed populations. The government management instability (AENROP) index was positively associated with suicide mortality among employed and unemployed males and employed females. Unemployed females aged 30-39 were sensitive to AENROP but not economic conditions, while those aged 40-69 were largely unaffected by either. Increasing employment of individuals with psychiatric disabilities was positively associated with suicide mortality among unemployed males (30-69) and females under 40. Positive impacts of the employment rates of individuals with psychiatric disabilities and unemployment enhanced from 2016 and 2022, respectively, whereas the impacts were inconstantly affected by political rather than economic factors. Suicide mortality among unemployed individuals has emerged as a critical public health concern in Japan, with rates more than doubling among males and tripling among females in the 2020s. These findings underscore the need for integrated suicide prevention policies that address both labor market vulnerabilities and psychosocial determinants
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Occupational safety and health · Outbreak · Pandemic · Poison control · Public health · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Suicide prevention · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Virology
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