The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008

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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics* and suicide rates for each city/county in Taiwan, 2005

Geographic region City/county	Population	Population density, pop/km²	Primary industry, %	Secondary industry, %	Tertiary industry, %	Disposable household income, USD	Suicide rate, per 100,000
North
Taipei City	2,616,375	9626	0.2	19.3	80.5	37455	17.7
Keelung City	391.727	2951	0.6	28.1	71.3	26520	32.8
Hsinchu City	390,692	3753	1.2	42.5	56.3	33104	23.5
Taipei County	3,736,677	1820	0.7	37.8	61.5	28309	25.0
Taoyuan County	1,880,316	1540	2.0	46.2	51.8	29865	24.6
Hsinchu County	477,677	335	3.6	51.9	44.5	31915	20.2
Yilan County	461,586	215	7.3	34.1	58.6	24924	23.7
Middle
Taichung City	1,032,778	6320	0.6	28.0	71.4	26680	22.8
Miaoli County	559,944	308	7.5	46.7	45.8	23299	23.8
Taichung County	1,533,442	747	5.3	47.8	46.9	23892	24.2
Changhua County	1,315,826	1225	10.8	44.8	44.4	23195	22.2
Nantou County	537,168	131	18.0	30.1	51.9	22681	31.3
Yunlin County	733,330	568	23.5	30.2	46.3	19657	26.2
South
Kaohsiung City	1,510,649	9835	0.8	31.9	67.3	28956	24.9
Tainan City	756,859	4309	1.5	37.3	61.2	24593	21.7
Chiayi City	271,701	4526	2.1	25.5	72.5	24633	16.8
Chiayi County	557,101	293	25.7	31.3	43.0	20578	28.2
Tainan County	1,106,059	549	12.2	42.9	44.9	20698	23.6
Kaohsiung County	1,242,837	445	8.2	40.0	51.8	22382	24.6
Pingtung County	898,300	324	18.4	26.3	55.3	22457	27.9
East
Hualien County	347,298	75	12.0	24.5	63.5	20083	29.8
Taitung County	238,943	68	22.4	24.8	52.9	18104	21.6

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