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SUBMITTER: Dhungel B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhungel Bibha B Sugai Maaya Kita MK Gilmour Stuart S
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190521 10
Suicide is a major public health concern in Japan. This study aimed to characterize the trends in suicide mortality in Japan by method since 1979. Using data from the Japan vital registration system, we calculated age-standardized rates of suicide mortality separately by sex and method. We conducted a log-linear regression of suicide mortality rates separately by sex, and linear regression analysis of the proportion of deaths due to hanging, including a test for change in level and trend in 1998 ...[more]