Table 4 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 50 years or above, Japan
From: An analysis of secular trends in method-specific suicides in Japan, 1950–1975
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 | 54.8 | 41.1 | −13.7 | (100) | 36.0 | 29.1 | −6.9 | (100) |
Non-poisoning | 46.7 | 36.4 | −10.3 | (75.4) | 31.5 | 26.0 | −5.5 | (80.1) |
Hanging | 35.9 | 27.9 | −8 | (58.5) | 19.3 | 16.5 | −2.7 | (39.8) |
Drowning | 4.8 | 3.0 | −1.8 | (12.9) | 9.2 | 6.6 | −2.6 | (38.2) |
Others | 6.0 | 5.4 | −0.6 | (4.1) | 3.0 | 2.8 | −0.1 | (2.1) |
Poisoning | 8.1 | 4.7 | −3.4 | (24.6) | 4.5 | 3.1 | −1.4 | (19.9) |
Opium derivatives | 0.004 | 0 | −0.004 | (0.03) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0) |
Barbiturates | 0.2 | 0.1 | −0.2 | (1.1) | 0.1 | 0.04 | −0.1 | (0.9) |
Bromide | 1.4 | 0.4 | −1.0 | (7.5) | 0.8 | 0.2 | −0.6 | (8.7) |
Other analgesics and soporifics | 1.2 | 0.5 | −0.7 | (5.0) | 0.6 | 0.3 | −0.3 | (4.3) |
Cyanide compounds | 0.9 | 0.3 | −0.5 | (3.8) | 0.2 | 0.04 | −0.2 | (2.2) |
Organophosphates for agriculture | 2.1 | 1.4 | −0.7 | (4.9) | 1.1 | 0.9 | −0.2 | (2.9) |
Other phosphorus preparations | 0.9 | 0.3 | −0.6 | (4.8) | 0.7 | 0.3 | −0.4 | (6.2) |
Other substances | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | (−2.4) | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | (−5.5) |