The claim
サウナで年間1万7000人が死亡している
Original review summary
The review finds that the cited estimate of about 17,000 deaths in 2011 concerned heat-shock-related deaths during bathing, not sauna deaths. The research it identifies focused mainly on older adults and was not related to saunas.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] 日本ファクトチェックセンター original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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