Why Has the Continuous Decline in German Suicide Rates Stopped in 2007?
Figure 2
Age-adjusted suicide rates (per 100000 inhabitants) in Germany (1998–2010) for males and females.
The rates (reference year: 1998) were stratified for several suicide methods: a) Self-Poisoning by psychotropic drugs (according to ICD-10: X61-X63); b) Self-Poisoning by other drugs (according to ICD-10: X60, X64); c) Self-Poisoning by other means (according to ICD-10: X65-X69); d) Drowning or submersion (according to ICD-10: X71); e) Suicides by firearms (according to ICD-10: X72-X74); f) Stab with sharp instrument (according to ICD-10: X78); g) Jumping from high places (according to ICD-10: X80); h) Being overrun (according to ICD-10: X81); i) Other suicide methods (according to ICD-10: X75-X77, X79, X82-X84). –– Age-adjusted suicide rates for men (with squares); - - - Age-adjusted suicide rates for women (with triangles). Vertical lines represent the joinpoints which had been identified for the overall suicide mortality trends in Germany 1998–2010. The numbers in the figures represent suicide frequencies in males and females, for the years 1998 and 2010, respectively.