Abstract
The purpose of this study is to obtain basic data about suicides outside of community in a remote island. The results of the survey showed that the highest percentage of suicides were committed at home. This fact indicates that they had a living base in where they committed suicide. In addition, the results of the Fischer’s exact test for suicide outside and inside the community showed that “20s,” “unmarried,” of outside suicides were significantly higher than inside in terms of household composition, and “working in category II” and “other” were significantly higher in terms of the main work type. The proportion of suicides outside community is higher in smaller communities than larger one. This result suggest that suicide occurred in larger communities than original community in which the resident registration card was issued. Since many people on remote islands leave the island for looking for employment or higher education, suicide prevention measures in school education and the establishment of social support systems outside of remote island communities are considered necessary to prevent suicide.
