Table 2.
The number and the percentage of suicides by method, gender and age group, for population aged 15 or above in Japan, 1990–2011
| Method | All ages | 15–24 years | 25–44 years | 45–64 years | 65 years or over | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Male | ||||||||||
| Overall | 411 094 | (100.0) | 25 796 | (100.0) | 111 087 | (100.0) | 185 284 | (100.0) | 88 927 | (100.0) |
| Overdose | 14 641 | (3.6) | 645 | (2.5) | 3681 | (3.3) | 6004 | (3.2) | 4311 | (4.8) |
| Gases | 43 282 | (10.5) | 2829 | (11.0) | 18 495 | (16.6) | 19 393 | (10.5) | 2565 | (2.9) |
| Hanging | 276 328 | (67.2) | 14 926 | (57.9) | 64 560 | (58.1) | 128 073 | (69.1) | 68 769 | (77.3) |
| Drowning | 10 282 | (2.5) | 486 | (1.9) | 2394 | (2.2) | 4857 | (2.6) | 2545 | (2.9) |
| Cutting | 11 343 | (2.8) | 357 | (1.4) | 2947 | (2.7) | 5550 | (3.0) | 2489 | (2.8) |
| Jumping | 31 773 | (7.7) | 4451 | (17.3) | 12 060 | (10.9) | 10 587 | (5.7) | 4675 | (5.3) |
| Other means | 23 445 | (5.7) | 2102 | (8.1) | 6950 | (6.3) | 10 820 | (5.8) | 3573 | (4.0) |
| Female | ||||||||||
| Overall | 178 463 | (100.0) | 11 709 | (100.0) | 40 885 | (100.0) | 59 000 | (100.0) | 66 869 | (100.0) |
| Overdose | 12 499 | (7.0) | 797 | (6.8) | 3139 | (7.7) | 3787 | (6.4) | 4776 | (7.1) |
| Gases | 7137 | (4.0) | 805 | (6.9) | 3306 | (8.1) | 2469 | (4.2) | 557 | (0.8) |
| Hanging | 106 169 | (59.5) | 5194 | (44.4) | 19 155 | (46.9) | 34 299 | (58.1) | 47 521 | (71.1) |
| Drowning | 13 890 | (7.8) | 301 | (2.6) | 2048 | (5.0) | 5307 | (9.0) | 6234 | (9.3) |
| Cutting | 4142 | (2.3) | 163 | (1.4) | 812 | (2.0) | 1791 | (3.0) | 1376 | (2.1) |
| Jumping | 21 339 | (12.0) | 3220 | (27.5) | 8644 | (21.1) | 6079 | (10.3) | 3396 | (5.1) |
| Other means | 13 287 | (7.4) | 1229 | (10.5) | 3781 | (9.2) | 5268 | (8.9) | 3009 | (4.5) |