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
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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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/955209/japan-perceived-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/955209/japan-perceived-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. (2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/955209/japan-perceived-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and Actual Leading Causes of Death through Interpersonal Violence in Japan as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/955209/japan-perceived-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos, Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Japan as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/955209/japan-perceived-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/ (last visited September 26, 2022)
