A Correlation Between Increases in Suicide Rates and Increases in Male Unemployment Rates in Mie Prefecture, Japan

The correlation between annual suicide rates in Mie prefecture, Japan & the annual unemployment rate from 1996-2002 among males was investigated. Among the results, annual suicide rates in total correlated with the unemployment rate in Japan, but the relation was not statistically significant. The rate in males, however, correlated significantly with the unemployment rate in Japan. In addition, it was found annual suicide rates in total correlated significantly with male unemployment rates. (15 refs.)