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Table 1 Age standardized suicide rates by sex in England and Wales (E+W) and Taiwan for the three time periods

From: Suicide epidemics: the impact of newly emerging methods on overall suicide rates - a time trends study

 

Time period

Method

Rates per 100 000

at beginning of

analytic period

Rates per 100 000

at end of

analytic period

Difference in rates

per 100 000

% change

MALES

1919-1935 E+W

     
  

All suicides

22.1

28.6

+6.5

+ 29.4

  

Non-gassing suicides

21.0

20.1

-0.9

-4.3

  

Gassing suicides

1.1

8.5

+7.4

+672.7

 

1975-1992 E+W

     
  

All suicides

12.4

15.2

+2.8

+22.6

  

Non-gassing suicides

10.7

9.8

-0.9

-8.4

  

Gassing suicides

1.8

5.5

+3.7

+205.6

 

1999-2006 Taiwan

     
  

All suicides

19.7

33.7

+14.0

+71.1

  

Non-gassing suicides

19.1

22.2

+3.1

+16.2

  

Gassing suicides

0.6

11.5

+10.9

> 1000

FEMALES

1919-1935 E+W

     
  

All suicides

6.7

10.8

+4.1

+61.2

  

Non-gassing suicides

6.1

6.6

+0.5

+8.2

  

Gassing suicides

0.6

4.2

+3.6

+600

 

1975-1992 E+W

     
  

All suicides

7.6

4.1

-3.5

-46.1

  

Non-gassing suicides

7.4

3.5

-3.9

-52.8

  

Gassing suicides

0.2

0.6

+0.4

+200

 

1999-2006 Taiwan

     
  

All suicides

9.7

14.7

+5.0

+51.5

  

Non-gassing suicides

9.7

11.0

+1.3

+13.4

  

Gassing suicides

0.0

3.7

+3.7

> 1000

BOTH SEXES

1919-1935 E+W

     
  

All suicides

14.9

17.8

+2.9

+19.5

  

Non-gassing suicides

14.0

11.8

-2.2

-15.7

  

Gassing suicides

0.9

6.0

+5.1

+566.7

 

1975-1992 E+W

     
  

All suicides

9.6

9.6

+0.0

0.0

  

Non-gassing suicides

8.8

6.5

-2.3

-26.1

  

Gassing suicides

0.8

3.1

+2.3

+287.5

 

1999-2006 Taiwan

     
  

All suicides

14.8

24.2

+9.4

+63.5

  

Non-gassing suicides

14.5

16.6

+2.1

+14.5

  

Gassing suicides

0.3

7.6

+7.3

> 1000