Table 2. Age-adjusted suicide rates per 100,000 in each occupation, Japan, 1975–2005^a.

	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Men
Overall	27	28	36	25	28	44	40
Specialist and technical workers	12	19	20	14	16	38	34
Administrative and managerial workers	12	12	20	13	14	37	44
Clerical workers	18	18	22	17	17	20	17
Sales workers	22	24	30	14	14	21	18
Service workers	21	32	38	34	40	64	64
Security workers	12	14	23	18	15	27	35
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	34	40	59	47	48	60	59
Transport and communication workers	20	23	26	20	22	34	36
Production process and related workers	19	18	22	14	15	17	17
Workers not classifiable by occupation	1,417	1,875	1,090	420	658	669	115
Non-employedb	177	172	184	167	155	195	201
Women
Overall	15	14	14	12	11	13	11
Specialist and technical workers	12	10	7	8	5	7	6
Administrative and managerial workers	30	10	20	32	25	29	18
Clerical workers	8	6	5	5	4	3	3
Sales workers	8	9	9	7	5	6	5
Service workers	9	11	9	8	7	9	7
Security workers	41	30	164	19	50	29	24
Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers	17	16	19	16	12	12	7
Transport and communication workers	16	29	42	31	22	24	29
Production process and related workers	7	5	6	5	3	3	3
Workers not classifiable by occupation	88	534	281	216	238	208	28
Non-employedb	20	18	20	18	17	22	21

^aAge-adjusted suicide rates were calculated by the direct method, using the model population of 1985 in Japan as a standard. The model population of 1985 is based on the Japanese population under census of 1985 and it is created on the basis of 1,000 persons as 1 unit, after adjusting radical increase or decrease such as baby boom.

^bNon-employed includes the unemployed as well as the non-labor force.