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Japan

Suicide · Injury / external

High visit frequency, low unit prices, specialist access without US-style referral walls. Means restriction + crisis care beat awareness posters alone. Long-running national suicide-prevention plans after 2000s peak

Rank in this country#14
Share of deaths2.2%
Master rank#16
System quality rank#3

Access & coverage

Statutory insurance, fee schedule

Statutory insurance + national fee schedule; almost universal access

Treatment

  • Crisis lines; psychiatric emergency; follow-up after self-harm
  • Trauma systems and emergency response
  • Rehab after injury; mental-health crisis care
  • Overdose reversal (naloxone) + addiction treatment pathways

Prevention

  • Means restriction; school/workplace mental-health access
  • Road safety laws, product safety, firearm / means restriction where used
  • Fall-proofing homes; workplace safety inspectors
  • Suicide means restriction + crisis lines

Lifestyle

  • Seatbelts / helmets; sober driving
  • Safe storage of medications and weapons
  • Substance-use risk reduction

What stands out here

Country emphasis: Long-running national suicide-prevention plans after 2000s peak

vs master: +0.4 percentage points vs Top 20 average share.