Number of Suicides during 1978-2013 in Japan

Recently the number of suicides has decreased gradually. "30,000 people committed suicides" era has gone. The following shows the number of suicides during 1978-2013, and its rate (per 100,000).

Year	Total number of suicides	Men	Women	Rate (per 100,000)	Rate of Men	Rate of Women
1978	20,788	12,859	7,929	18.0	22.7	13.6
1979	21,503	13,386	8,117	18.5	23.4	13.8
1980	21,048	13,155	7,893	18.0	22.9	13.3
1981	20,434	12,942	7,492	17.3	22.3	12.5
1982	21,228	13,654	7,574	17.9	23.4	12.6
1983	25,202	17,116	8,086	21.1	29.1	13.3
1984	24,596	16,508	8,088	20.5	27.9	13.2
1985	23,599	15,624	7,975	19.5	26.3	13.0
1986	25,524	16,497	9,027	21.0	27.6	14.6
1987	24,460	15,802	8,658	20.0	26.3	13.9
1988	23,742	14,934	8,808	19.3	24.7	14.1
1989	22,436	13,818	8,618	18.2	22.8	13.8
1990	21,346	13,102	8,244	17.3	21.6	13.1
1991	21,084	13,242	7,842	17.0	21.7	12.4
1992	22,104	14,296	7,808	17.8	23.5	12.4
1993	21,851	14,468	7,383	17.5	23.6	11.6
1994	21,679	14,560	7,119	17.3	23.7	11.2
1995	22,445	14,874	7,571	17.9	24.2	11.8
1996	23,104	15,393	7,711	18.4	25.0	12.0
1997	24,391	16,416	7,975	19.3	26.6	12.4
1998	32,863	23,013	9,850	26.0	37.2	15.3
1999	33,048	23,512	9,536	26.1	37.9	14.7
2000	31,957	22,727	9,230	25.2	36.6	14.2
2001	31,042	22,144	8,898	24.4	35.6	13.7
2002	32,143	23,080	9,063	25.2	37.1	13.9
2003	34,427	24,963	9,464	27.0	40.1	14.5
2004	32,325	23,272	9,053	25.3	37.4	13.8
2005	32,552	23,540	9,012	25.5	37.8	13.8
2006	32,155	22,813	9,342	25.2	36.6	14.3
2007	33,093	23,478	9,615	25.9	37.7	14.7
2008	32,249	22,831	9,418	25.3	36.7	14.4
2009	32,845	23,472	9,373	25.8	37.8	14.3
2010	31,690	22,283	9,407	24.9	35.9	14.4
2011	30,651	20,955	9,696	24.0	33.7	14.8
2012	27,858	19,273	8,585	21.8	31.1	13.1