Table 2.
Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100,000 population) and changes in rates by method used between 1958–1960 and 1965–1967 for males and females aged 15–29 years, Japan
| Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate in 1958–1960 | Rate in 1965–1967 | Difference in rates (%) a | Rate in 1958–1960 | Rate in 1965–1967 | Difference in rates (%) a | |||
| Overall | 46.8 | 18.1 | −28.7 | (100) | 32.7 | 13.8 | −18.9 | (100) |
| Non-poisoning | 18.9 | 13.1 | −5.8 | (20.3) | 12.3 | 9.1 | −3.2 | (17.0) |
| Hanging | 7.5 | 5.9 | −1.6 | (5.6) | 2.7 | 2.2 | −0.4 | (2.1) |
| Drowning | 1.8 | 1.2 | −0.7 | (2.4) | 3.2 | 2.0 | −1.2 | (6.3) |
| Others | 9.6 | 6.0 | −3.5 | (12.3) | 6.5 | 4.9 | −1.6 | (8.5) |
| Poisoning | 27.9 | 5.0 | −22.9 | (79.7) | 20.4 | 4.8 | −15.7 | (83.0) |
| Opium derivatives | 0.01 | 0 | −0.01 | (0.04) | 0.003 | 0 | −0.003 | (0.01) |
| Barbiturates | 1.4 | 0.09 | −1.3 | (4.6) | 0.9 | 0.1 | −0.8 | (4.5) |
| Bromide | 10.5 | 1.0 | −9.5 | (33.1) | 8.2 | 0.9 | −7.3 | (38.7) |
| Other analgesics and soporifics | 7.2 | 1.5 | −5.6 | (19.6) | 4.9 | 1.3 | −3.6 | (19.1) |
| Cyanide compounds | 2.3 | 0.6 | −1.7 | (6.0) | 1.0 | 0.2 | −0.8 | (4.3) |
| Organophosphartes for agriculture | 4.0 | 0.7 | −3.3 | (11.4) | 3.1 | 0.9 | −2.3 | (11.9) |
| Other phosphorus preparations | 0.4 | 0.05 | −0.4 | (1.3) | 0.6 | 0.1 | −0.5 | (2.9) |
| Other substances | 2.1 | 1.0 | −1.0 | (3.5) | 1.6 | 1.3 | −0.3 | (1.7) |
a “%” represents a percentage of the difference between the rate of a specified suicide method and that of overall suicides