Table 3.
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 30–49 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 | 23.3 | 16.9 | −6.4 | (100) | 15.7 | 10.6 | −5.1 | (100) |
| Non-poisoning | 13.4 | 13.1 | −0.3 | (4.3) | 9.4 | 7.8 | −1.6 | (30.8) |
| Hanging | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 | (0.1) | 3.8 | 3.1 | −0.7 | (13.7) |
| Drowning | 1.4 | 1.1 | −0.3 | (5.2) | 2.8 | 1.7 | −1.0 | (20.5) |
| Others | 4.4 | 4.5 | 0.1 | (−1.0) | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.2 | (−3.3) |
| Poisoning | 10.0 | 3.9 | −6.1 | (95.7) | 6.3 | 2.8 | −3.5 | (69.2) |
| Opium derivatives | 0.003 | 0 | −0.003 | (0.04) | 0.005 | 0 | −0.005 | (0.1) |
| Barbiturates | 0.5 | 0.1 | −0.5 | (7.4) | 0.3 | 0.04 | −0.3 | (5.2) |
| Bromide | 2.8 | 0.5 | −2.2 | (34.9) | 1.8 | 0.4 | −1.4 | (28.4) |
| Other analgesics and soporifics | 2.1 | 0.7 | −1.3 | (21.0) | 1.3 | 0.5 | −0.8 | (15.7) |
| Cyanide compounds | 1.2 | 0.4 | −0.8 | (12.2) | 0.4 | 0.2 | −0.2 | (4.5) |
| Organophosphates for agriculture | 2.0 | 0.9 | −1.1 | (16.8) | 1.4 | 0.7 | −0.7 | (13.7) |
| Other phosphorus preparations | 0.3 | 0.1 | −0.3 | (4.1) | 0.4 | 0.1 | −0.2 | (4.9) |
| Other substances | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | (−0.8) | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | (−3.4) |
a “%” represents a percentage of the difference between rates of a specified suicide method and that of overall suicides