Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan

Recently, several studies reported that the governmental financial expenditures play important roles in prevention of increasing suicide mortalities; however, specific regional policies, designed dependent on cultural, economic, education and welfare backgrounds, affect mortality by a suicidal means. Therefore, present study determined impacts expenditure six major divisions, “public health”, works”, “police”, “ambulance/fire services”, “welfare” “education” mortalities five means, “hanging”, “poisoning”, “charcoal burning”, “jumping” “throwing”, across 47 prefectures Japan during 2009–2018 using fixed-effect analysis hierarchal linear regression with robust standard error. The services” indicated negative relation to wide-spectrum whereas works” did not mortalities. In subdivisions, “kindergarten” “elementary school” reduction mortalities, “special for individuals disabilities unexpectedly contribute poisoning, charcoal burning throwing females. Regarding subdivisions welfare, “child welfare” “social contributed but “elderly surprisingly Furthermore, subdivision abolished educational kindergarten elementary school, positive impact special school female was affected. These results suggest most Japanese people are struggling care children even situation an elderly population decreasing birthrate. it is enhance investment policy future improve childcare environment. demonstrated this scientifically evidence-based redistributions government, at least partially, provide improvement society systems, under continuous severe social concerns associated