"Lonely death" is especially serious in Japan. Last year, more than 40000 old people died alone
4hw.org: Nowadays, the aging problem has become a global problem. The endless problems of the elderly every year have aroused social resonance. Governments of all countries are also actively introducing countermeasures for the problems of the aging population.
Yomiuri Shimbun speculates that there are 47000 cases of 'lonely death' in Japan, and emphasizes that lonely death is most likely to happen to people who are isolated from society and do not have regular contact with family or friends.
In Japan, the problem of 'lonely death' in a single family is serious. According to the survey data released by Japanese media recently, there were more than 40000 lonely deaths in Japan in 2016. The survey also showed that most of these deaths occurred in Tokyo, and some of the lone people died for many days without any attention.
70% of the dead were single men
According to the independent survey published by Yomiuri Shimbun, at least 17000 lonely deaths were recorded in 19 counties in Tokyo and Japan in 2016, based on the data of the death appraisal agency. Since this survey was only coordinated by one third of the whole country, it also used the current data to speculate about Japan's national situation and reached a figure of 47000. The survey revealed that 70% of all men died alone, aged between 65 and 69, while women were over 85.
According to the report, the situation of lonely death in Tokyo is serious. In 2016, 4287 people died without any questions, accounting for 5.58% of the total deaths last year. Next is Kanagawa, the city next to Tokyo. Based on this, analysts pointed out that the urban areas with weak human feelings are the hot spots of lonely death.
Yomiuri Shimbun stressed that lonely death is most likely to happen to people who are isolated from society and do not have regular contact with family or friends. A 71 year old single man died on September 2 in nanqingshan, a high-end area in Tokyo. The man lived alone for 40 years and also worked as an office in an apartment. Police investigation revealed that he had been found dead in the house for more than a week.
The deceased's education background and work experience are very good, once worked in a bank, and later run their own tourism industry. Police found some notes in his room showing that he had 'dementia' in his later years. The note States, 'when you know you have a memory problem, you are very depressed. But I don't know to whom. After unable to continue to work, they often borrow wine to relieve their worries. '
He had little contact with his family, and the last time he saw his younger brother was a month ago, when he confided his uneasiness about living alone. After his death, the apartment manager thought, 'I saw him more than a week ago, when he was very pale & hellip; & hellip;. '
"Yomiuri" quoted the statistics of the death cause monitoring bureau, pointing out that many cases of lonely death occurred suddenly, some were severe anemia, some were digestive organ disorders, these were the most likely nutritional imbalance problems of living alone.
The case of 'dying alone' under 50 is comparable to that of the elderly
Japan's NHK also reported Japan's lonely death, referring to a case in which a 30-year-old worker died in a single apartment for more than 20 days and was found by delivery staff. According to the survey data, Japanese workers under the age of 50 who live alone in the workplace die of loneliness seriously, even the 19-year-old college students who live alone are killed at home due to an emergency. The total death rate of people under 50 is equal to that of people under 70 and 80 years old.
A company in Tokyo that cleans up the remains has also come up with data showing that 1700 items were sorted out for single residents last year, an increase.
Commentators on the show pointed out that loneliness is the biggest disease of "lonely death". Some (Japanese) people only focus their whole life and time on work, and few know how to make intimate friends. Without the help of relatives and friends, the biggest problem is how to get medical treatment and nursing consultation when you are ill.
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