Japan Reports 24,596 Suicides in 1984
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TOKYO — A total of 24,596 people, about two-fifths of them in their 40s and 50s, committed suicide in Japan last year, the National Police Agency said Saturday. The toll was the second
highest since the end of World War II, exceeded only by the 25,202 suicides in 1983.
About 42% of the 1984 suicides were prompted by illness, the agency’s report said. Financial and job problems were responsible for 19% and alcoholism and mental trouble for 15%. Men
accounted for 16,508 of the deaths and women for 8,088.