What is it that is making
Japanese society so
fatalistic?
Japan’s overall suicide rate is
roughly 60 percent higher than
the global average, a 2014 World
Health Organization report noted.
In 2014 alone, 25,000 Japanese
people took their own lives —
roughly 70 suicides every day. The
vast majority were men. Similarly,
suicide was the leading cause
of death for Japanese children
between the ages of 10 and 19.
Among teens and young adults
ages 10–24, there are roughly
4,600 suicide deaths in each year,
and another 157,000 instances
of hospitalization for self-inflicted
injuries.
The mystery behind Japan’s
high suicide rates among
kids …
Japanese children experience a
mysterious back to school terror.
A recent study published by
Japan’s Cabinet Office examined
the country’s more than 18,000
child suicides from 1972–2013 and
found that 131 of those suicides
occurred on September 1 — 32
more suicides than the next mostfrequent date of death. Mapping
for frequency, the study found
distinctly larger numbers of suicides
at the end of August and beginning
of September, as well as during
the middle of April. The former
coincides with schools reopening
after summer vacation; the latter, as
schools reopen after spring break.
http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/stories/themystery-behind-japans-high-suicide-ratesamong-kids/
Suicide rates per country
(per 100,000)
Country
Total
Female Male
Republic 28.9
of Korea
18
41.7
Hungary
19.1
7.4
32.4
Japan
18.5
10.1
26.9
Poland
16.6
3.8
30.5
Belgium
14.2
7.7
21.0
Finland
14.8
7.5
22.2
France
12.3
6.0
19.3
Austria
11.5
5.4
18.2
Czech
12.5
Republic
3.9
21.5
US
12.1
5.2
19.4
UK
6.2
2.6
9.8
For example: In 2014, 12.1 US citizens
out of every 100,000 committed suicide.
Therefore, based on their population:
324,118,787 / 100,000 = 3241 x 12.1 =
39,218 commit suicide.
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By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Tokyo, 3 July 2015. bbc.co.uk/news/world-33362387
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