９月自殺、８％増１８０５人　前年比で３カ月連続増―厚労省など

　９月の自殺者数が１８０５人（速報値）となり、前年同月比で８．６％増（１４３人増）だったことが１２日、厚生労働省と警察庁の集計で分かった。９月時点の累計は１万４９７４人（速報値）で前年より５４６人少ないが、前年同月比の増加は３カ月連続。厚労省は、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大の影響などを分析する。
　厚労省によると、新型コロナ感染者が国内で初めて確認された１月以降、６月までの自殺者数は前年同月比で減少し続けた。しかし、７月は２５人増の１８１８人、８月は２５１人増の１８５４人と増加に転じた。９月は１８０５人で、今年の月別では８、７月に次ぐ多さだった。男性が１１６６人（前年同月比５人増）、女性は６３９人（同１３８人増）だった。（2020/10/12-16:13）

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan in September totaled 1,805, up by 143, or 8.6 pct, from a year before, preliminary data showed Monday.
   The total number of suicides in the country in January-September came to 14,974, down by 546, according to the data compiled by the welfare ministry and the National Police Agency.
   Still, the number grew for three months in a row from July after continuing to decrease between January, when Japan's first case of the novel coronavirus as confirmed, and June. The ministry will analyze a possible link between the virus crisis and the recent uptrend in suicides.
   The number of suicides came to 1,818 in July, up by 25, and 1,854 in August, up by 251. In September, 1,166 men and 639 women killed themselves, up by five and 138, respectively.
   By prefecture, the number of suicides in September was highest in Tokyo, at 194, down by 13 year on year, followed by Saitama, north of Tokyo, at 110, up by 23, Aichi, central Japan, at 109, up by 36, and Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, at 95, up by 12.