The significant correlation of annual suicide rates with unemployment rate among males resulted in the rapid increase of the number of suicides in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, between 1990 and 2000

Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan

Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution, Nagoya 453-0015, Japan. Tel.: +81 59 231 5018; fax: +81 59 231 5208

Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan

Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution, Nagoya 453-0015, Japan

Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan

Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan

Tokyo Medical Examiner’s Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo 112-0012, Japan

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