山岳遭難者、６０歳以上半数　昨年２９３７人―警察庁

　２０１９年の全国の山岳遭難者は２９３７人で、６０歳以上が半数を占めたことが１８日、警察庁のまとめで分かった。死者・行方不明者は２９９人。水難者は１５３８人で、死者・行方不明者は６９５人だった。
　山岳遭難者は前年より１９２人減ったが、過去１０年間では増加傾向にある。警察庁は「遭難を防ぐには、的確な登山計画と万全な装備品の準備が必要」としている。
　６０歳以上の遭難者は１４８８人で、うち７０代が６６８人、６０代は６４０人だった。都道府県別では、長野県の２９０人が最も多く、北海道の２３２人、山梨県の１８５人、兵庫県の１６８人と続いた。（2020/06/18-10:19）

The number of people who got lost in mountains in Japan in 2019 stood at 2,937, with elderly people accounting for more than half of them, National Police Agency data showed Thursday.
   Of the total, 299 were confirmed dead or have gone missing. The number of people getting lost in mountains has been on an uptrend in the past 10 years although the figure for 2019 was down by 192 from the preceding year.
   "Appropriate plans and full-blown equipment are necessary for preventing accidents in mountains," an NPA official said.
   Of the 2019 total, 1,488 people were aged 60 or over, with 668 in their 70s and 640 in their 60s.
   By prefecture, Nagano in central Japan saw the largest number of people getting stranded in mountains, at 290, followed by Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, at 232, Yamanashi, west of Tokyo, at 185 and Hyogo in western Japan, at 168.