Table 1 Crude suicide rates and socioeconomic factors at each time point
Crude suicide rate per 100,000 | Socioeconomic Factors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Years | Overall | Male | Female | Census years | Population densitya | Migrationb | Unemploymentc | % Tamil |
1955 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 1953 | 320 | - | - | 23.0 |
1972 | 21.0 | 30.1 | 11.1 | 1971 | 509 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 20.5 |
1980 | 29.0 | 37.7 | 19.7 | 1981 | 609 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 18.2 |
2011 | 18.5 | 30.0 | 7.9 | 2011 | 790 | 19.4 | 2.6 | 15.3 |