Table 1. National data of the economic factors, proportion of elderly people and suicide rates in Japan, 1995-2000.

	calendar year
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Job application a	51.3	50.7	52.8	60.5	62.8	62.3
Income b (1,000 yen)	572	585	594	593	578	565
Public assistance c	13.6	13.7	13.9	14.4	15.0	15.8
Bankruptcy d	68.4	66.1	74.1	84.4	67.5	81.4
Savings e (1,000 yen) % elderly f	13300	13700	14100	14600	15000	15100
Male	12.0	12.5	13.0	13.5	14.0	14.5
Female	16.7	17.2	17.8	18.4	19.1	19.5
Suicide rate g
Male	23.2	24.2	25.9	36.3	36.3	35.0
Female	11.3	11.5	11.9	14.7	14.1	13.4

^a per 1,000 residents aged 15 years and over

^b Monthly average income of workers’ households

^c Monthly average data per 1,000 households

^d per 1,000 companies

^e per household

^f Proportion of people aged 65 years and over

^g per 100,000 residents