２１年の自殺者２万１００７人　生活苦理由は増加、確定値―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１５日、警察庁の統計に基づく２０２１年の年間自殺者数（確定値）が、速報値より１７７人増え、２万１００７人だったと公表した。１１年ぶりの増加となった２０年から転じ、前年確定値より７４人（０．４％）減少。人口１０万人当たりの自殺者数（自殺死亡率）は１６．８人で、０．１人増えた。
　原因・動機では、健康問題による人が９８６０人と前年に続き最多だった。増加率が最も大きかったのは、生活苦など経済・生活問題を理由とした自殺者で、５．０％増の３３７６人だった。（2022/03/15-10:04）

The revised number of suicides in Japan in 2021 came to 21,007, up by 177 from preliminary data, the health ministry said Tuesday.
   The figure was down by 74, or 0.4 pct, from the final number in 2020, when suicides increased for the first time in 11 years, according to the 2021 final report, which is based on National Police Agency statistics.
   The suicide rate, or the number of suicides per population of 100,000, stood at 16.8, up by 0.1 from 2020.
   Like in 2020, health problems were the top cause of suicide in 2021, with 9,860 people taking their own lives for such reasons. The number of suicides due to economic and livelihood issues grew 5.0 pct to 3,376, logging the sharpest increase among all reasons.
   The number of men who killed themselves dropped by 116, or 0.8 pct, from 2020 to 13,939, down for the 12th straight year, while suicides among women were up by 42, or 0.6 pct, at 7,068, rising for two years in a row.