Table 3. Proportions of selected methods of suicide by gender, age-group, and selected races. (%).

Country and race	ICD-10 code and methods*		Gender and age-group (year)
			Male				Female
			10-19	20-39	40-64	65+	10-19	20-39	40-64	65+
Japan	X72-74	Firearms	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
	X70	Hanging	72.8	63.0	70.3	78.4	55.8	49.1	58.7	70.8
	X60-64	Drugs	1.0	2.3	0.8	0.7	2.9	5.9	2.4	0.9
	X80	Jumping from a high place	16.9	14.3	6.4	5.2	26.7	26.5	11.8	4.7
United States	X72-74	Firearms	61.7	55.3	60.3	78.2	41.2	38.9	35.9	35.9
	X70	Hanging	29.2	25.6	15.9	9.0	34.2	18.7	11.0	20.2
	X60-64	Drugs	2.0	5.8	9.4	3.1	14.2	26.5	34.9	22.3
	X80	Jumping from a high place	1.8	2.5	2.0	1.8	3.8	3.2	2.8	4.6
Asians (in United States)	X72-74	Firearms	45.3	41.8	33.1	18.9	7.2	19.2	17.4	2.8
	X70	Hanging	45.3	33.3	42.6	54.1	42.9	42.7	39.7	72.9
	X60-64	Drugs	3.1	3.5	4.8	7.6	14.3	15.7	15.3	6.2
	X80	Jumping from a high place	3.2	8.4	5.2	9.3	21.5	2.3	10.3	18.1

Proportion of age-adjusted mortality rates using the direct method from 5 year interval data

* : Methods are provisional abbrevation. See ICD-10 code book for exact criteria of the methods.