TOKYO: A recent survey by Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) showed that 17,034 elderly people living alone died at home across the country from Jan...
: A recent survey by Japan’s National Police Agency showed that 17,034 elderly people living alone died at home across the country from January to March, reported Xinhua.
Of them, 21,716 were of people who lived by themselves, including cases of suicide. Nearly 80 per cent of the “lonely deaths,“ or 17,034 people, were aged 65 and over, including 2,080 people aged between 65 and 69, 3,204 between 70 and 74, 3,480 between 75 and 79, 3,348 between 80 and 84, and 4,922 aged 85 and over.
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