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Table 1 Numbers, percents and rates of pesticide and non-pesticide suicides by urbanization level in Taiwan, 2002-2009

From: The impact of pesticide suicide on the geographic distribution of suicide in Taiwan: a spatial analysis

 

Population aged 15+

(N = 18 457 000)

Pesticide suicide

(N = 4913)

 

Non-pesticide suicide

(N = 31 197)

 

Urbanization level

n

(%)

n

(%)

Rate per 100 000

n

(%)

Rate per 100 000

1 (most urban)

4 160 000

(22.5)

183

(3.7)

0.5

7138

(22.9)

20.7

2

5 417 000

(29.3)

712

(14.5)

1.6

9442

(30.3)

21.1

3

3 748 000

(20.3)

820

(16.7)

2.9

6554

(21.0)

21.8

4

2 936 000

(15.9)

1377

(28.0)

5.4

4746

(15.2)

19.3

5

470 000

(2.5)

308

(6.3)

6.7

749

(2.4)

18.2

6

881 000

(4.8)

885

(18.0)

10.9

1323

(4.2)

17.6

7 (most rural)

845 000

(4.6)

628

(12.8)

8.7

1245

(4.0)

17.6