Enterprise failures correlate positively with suicide rate for both sexes in Japan.
Correlations among suicide rate, unemployment rate, and enterprise failure were examined from 1976 to 1994 by using a Loess smoothing method. Significant positive correlations were found between suicide rate in men and unemployment and between suicide rate in both sexes and enterprise failure (p < .001).
Yamasaki
Akiko
A
Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501 Kyoto, Japan. aki@pbh.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Chinami
Masanobu
M
Morgenthaler
Stephan
S
Kaneko
Yoshihiro
Y
Nakashima
Kazuko
K
Shirakawa
Taro
T
D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*