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Nov19-11, 05:43 AM   #437

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Quote by Luca Bevil View Post
is there an assessment of suicide cases among Fukushima evacuees as of today ?
It does not answer your question about evacuees, but there are suicide statistics about Fukushima prefecture in general:
In the area hit hardest by the nuclear crisis, Fukushima saw 19 more suicides in May 2011 compared with May last year, with a total of 68.
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-08/w...re?_s=PM:WORLD
http://www.npa.go.jp/safetylife/seia...jisatsusya.pdf 2011 suicide statistics per prefecture and per month.
http://www.npa.go.jp/safetylife/seia...sunogaiyou.pdf page 8: 2010 monthly statistics per prefecture and per month.

I calculated the number of suicides in Fukushima prefecture from April to October and found 323 in 2011 versus 314 in 2010 (increase of 9 = +2.9%).
The number of suicides in Japan from April to October was 19269 in 2011 versus 18515 in 2010 (increase of 754 = +4%)