Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Independent Variables
2.2. Dependent Variables
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Ratio of the Expenditure of Six Divisions per Total Amount of the Regional Governmental Expenditure on Suicide Mortalities Disaggregated by Major Five Means (Model-1)
3.2. Effects of Regional Expenditure of Six Divisions per Capita on Suicide Mortalities Disaggregated by Major Five Means (Model-2)
3.3. Effects of Expenditure per Capita of Divisions and Subdivision of Education on Suicide Mortalities by Five Major Means (Model-3)
3.4. Effects of Expenditure per Capita of Divisions and Subdivision of Education and Welfare on Suicide Mortalities by Five Major Means (Model-4)
3.5. Trends of Suicide Mortalities Disaggregated by Regional, Gender and Means Factors during 2009–2018 in Japan
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kashimoto, K.; Okada, M. Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan. Psychiatry Int. 2022, 3, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3010001
Kashimoto K, Okada M. Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan. Psychiatry International. 2022; 3(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleKashimoto, Kanae, and Motohiro Okada. 2022. "Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan" Psychiatry International 3, no. 1: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3010001