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According to vital statistics collected by the Japan Ministry of Heath, Labour, and Welfare in 1998, there were 31,755 suicides, with the number maintaining to 30,000 or more during twelve years. In order to improve suicide problems, there are lot of researches and practical type programs of suicide prevention in Japan, and implementation of mental health-supporting programs are planned from 2011 in Nagano Prefecture, Tomi city, too. The aim of this study is to reveal the epidemiologic features of mental health in Nagano Prefecture, Tomi city. A self administered anonymous questionnaire was sent to 700 citizens in tomi city in August, 2010 (response rate, 65.6%). The male was 29.9% in participants, and the female of 38.7% had the anxiety of the mental health, and the male and the female felt sleep dissatisfaction and the stress feeling in one's fifties, especially. In the comparison between the male group and the female group of the anxiety of mental health, the femal group was higher the male group (p<0.05). These results in this study reveal the epidemiologic feature of mental health (anxiety of the mental health, sleep satisfaction, stress feeling, coping) in Tomi city.
