Japan: perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence 2018

This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, Japanese respondents overestimated the number of violent deaths caused by knives. Around 41 percent of respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence died from knife attacks, when the actual share of stabbing victims was around 23 percent of all violent deaths in Japan.

Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018

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Release date

December 2018

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

September 28 to October 16, 2018

Number of respondents

approx. 2,000

Age group

14-64 years

Special properties

nationally representative samples

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

Survey question:
Thinking about people who are killed by other people in Japan in 2015, do you think more people were killed by firearms, sharp objects such as knives or other physical violence? Choose the one option that you think resulted in the most deaths.

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