According to government figures, "fatigue from work" and health problems, including work-related depression, were prime motives for suicides, adversely affecting the social wellbeing of salarymen and accounting for 47 percent of the suicides in 2008.
据政府统计，“工作疲劳”和健康问题，包括工作导致的抑郁症，是自杀的主要动机，占到2008年自杀案例的47％，这对工薪阶层的社会福利产生了不良影响。