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In this country more people have died from suicide than from Corona in the last year

Much has been said in the first and second closures about the secondary damage to the corona.

Worrying data from Japan show that in the past year more people have committed suicide in the island country than people with corona.

Why is this happening there, and who is the population that pays the highest price?

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Tuesday, 01 December 2020, 10:14

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Much has been said about the secondary harms of the corona plague in the treatment of other chronic patients, but this plague also has a significant and significant impact on mental health, and Japan is a very worrying example of this: Government statistics show that suicide rates increased more in October than the corona throughout the year.

The monthly number of suicides in Japan rose to 2,153 in October, according to the National Agency in Japan, compared to 2,087 deaths from Corona.

Japan is one of the few large economies that discovers suicidal data in time - the latest national data for the US, for example, are from 2018. The Japanese data can give other countries insights into the impact of epidemic preventive measures on mental health, and who are the most vulnerable groups. .

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"We did not even have a closure, and the impact of the corona is very minimal compared to other countries ... but we are still seeing this big increase in the number of suicides," Professor Michiko Odeh, a suicide expert at Wasda University in Tokyo, told CNN.

"This indicates that other countries may see a similar or even greater increase in the number of suicides in the future," he added.

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But it's not just Corona's fault.

Japan has been battling for decades one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to the World Health Organization.

In 2016, in Japan, the suicide rate from suicides was 18.5 per 100,000 people - almost double the global annual average of 10.6 per 100,000.

The reasons for the high suicide rate in Japan are complex, but long working hours, school stress, social isolation and cultural stigma around mental health issues, such as loneliness or mental difficulties, have all been cited as contributing factors.

Social isolation and dismissal.

A man travels on the Tokyo subway (Photo: Reuters)

In the last ten years, however, the number of suicides has decreased in Japan and dropped to about 20,000 last year, according to the Ministry of Health - the lowest number since the country's health authorities began keeping records in 1978.

The most vulnerable population - women

The epidemic seems to have reversed this trend, and the rise in suicides has disproportionately affected women.

Although they represent a smaller share of total suicides compared to men, the number of women taking their lives is increasing.

In October, suicides among women in Japan increased by nearly 83 percent compared to the same month last year.

By comparison, male suicides rose by 22 percent over that time period.

There are several possible reasons for this.

Women make up a larger percentage of part-time workers in the hotel, food and retail industries - where layoffs were widespread.

And women unfortunately do not pay a price only in Japan.

In a global study of more than 10,000 people, by the international nonprofit organization CARE, 27 percent of women reported mental health challenges during the epidemic, compared with 10 percent of men.

According to the study, along with these income concerns, women have faced the burden of childcare not being paid by the government.

When children are sent home from school, it is usually the responsibility of the mothers to take on the responsibilities as well as their normal work duties.

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