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Comment
. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e224739.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4739.

Trends in Suicide in Japan Following the 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic

Nobuyuki Horita  1 , Sho Moriguchi  2
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Trends in Suicide in Japan Following the 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic

Nobuyuki Horita et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines trends in suicide rates in Japan from 2009 to 2021, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Suicide Incidence Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
Suicide surged temporarily in 2011 following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Sex- and Age-Stratified Suicide Case Numbers, 2009 to 2021
Annual data is based on the fiscal year, which in Japan starts in April. For example, the fiscal year 2020 (in this figure, the start of the pandemic era) means the term from April 2020 to March 2021.
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