Seasonal and cultural effects on calendar day variations in trauma incidence in Japan
Keisuke Suzuki, Akira Endo, Tomohiro Akutsu, Hiromasa Hoshi, Akira Suekane, Ryo Yamamoto, Kazuma Yamakawa, Shin Watanabe, Akihiro Hirakawa, Yasuhiro Otomo, Koji Morishita · 2025
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Keisuke Suzuki and co-authors looked for days of the year when trauma cases spike in Japan, in a 2025 study. They used a national trauma bank with 383,473 patients logged from 2004 to 2021. Cases were sorted into 365 day groups by the date each patient was brought in.
Cases rose in Golden Week, on Sports Day and Culture Day, and at year end, the team found. They fell in the mid-August Obon break and in early January. Suicide bids peaked in late spring and in September. Work that tracks the calendar this way can help hospitals staff up for known busy days. It also shows how shared habits and holidays shape when people get hurt.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Keisuke Suzuki, Akira Endo, Tomohiro Akutsu, Hiromasa Hoshi, Akira Suekane, Ryo Yamamoto, Kazuma Yamakawa, Shin Watanabe, Akihiro Hirakawa, Yasuhiro Otomo, Koji Morishita |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |