研究發現 日本中年男多在週一自殺

Suicides aMong middle-aged men in Japan spike on Monday mornings, a new study finds.

一項新研究發現，日本中年男性的自殺事件在週一早晨飆升。

Researchers from Waseda University in Tokyo and Osaka University say the majority of men between ages 40 and 65 take their own lives before they leave for work.

東京早稻田大學和大阪大學的研究人員表示，40-65歲的男性大多在上班前自殺。

Through an analysis of data on more than 873,000 people who took their own lives in Japan between 1974 and 2014, researchers found days of the week and times of the day people committed suicide varied by sex and age.

研究人員對日本1974年-2014年間超過87.3萬名自殺者的數據進行分析後發現，人們在周幾、什麼時間自殺因性別、年齡而異。

Men between ages 40 and 65 committed suicide the most between 4 am and 7:59 am on Mondays.

40-65歲的男性最常在週一凌晨4點至早上7點59分之間自殺。

Men in that age group were taking their own lives at a higher rate than men and women of other age groups.

這個年齡段的男性的自殺率高於其他年齡段的男性和女性。

Daytime suicides among men in the 40-to-65 age group were 1.57 times higher than suicides that occurred at night.

40-65歲男性的白天自殺率是夜晚自殺率的1.57倍。

Additionally, the number of suicides that took place on Mondays was 1.55 higher than the number on Saturdays.

此外，週一發生的自殺事件數量是週六的1.55倍。

Researchers said that men who were aged 66 and older and women among all age groups mostly committed suicide during the day, with a peak occurring near noon.

研究人員稱，66歲及以上的男性以及所有年齡段的女性大多選擇在白天自殺，臨近中午是高峯時段。