Table 8. Number and Percentage Distribution of Full-time
Upper Secondary Students, by Course of Study: 1984

Program

Students

Number

Percent

Academic or General
Vocational
  Commercial
  Industrial (Technical)
  Agricultural
  Home Economics
  Health
  Fisheries
  Other
    Subtotal: vocational
    Grand total

 
 
550,400
435,400
149,100
135,000
23,500
16,200
35,900
 
 

3,403,600
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,345,500
4,749,100

 
 
11.6
9.2
3.1
2.8
.5
.3
.8
 
 

71.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28.3
100.0

 

Note. Because of rounding detail may not add to total.

Source: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan Statistical Abstract of Education, Science, and Culture. 1985 edition. Tokyo: The Ministry, 1985. pp. 44-45.

 

Table 9. Number of Suicides per 100,000 Population in
Japan and the United States, by Age Groups 10-14, 15-19,
and 20-24: 1965, 1975, 1984

Year

10-14 years

15-19 years

20-24 years

Japan

U.S.

Japan

U.S.

Japan

U.S.

1965
1975
1984

0.5
1.1
0.7

    0.5
    0.8
    1.3

7.4
9.7
5.5

    4.0
    7.5
   9.0

20.8
21.5
15.5

    8.9
    16.3
   15.6

 

Source of Data: Ministry of Welfare, Japan. Jinko dotai tokei [Vital Statistics. Tokyo: The Ministry, 1985. National Center for Health Statistics, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Special Tabulations Unpublished) 1985.

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