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Table 1 Monthly variations (%) and absolute numbers of suicides in Lithuania

From: Seasonal patterns of suicides over the period of socio-economic transition in Lithuania

Month

1993–1997

 

1998–2002

 

1993–2002

 
 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

January

-17.3*

-12.1

-8.0*

-19.9

-12.8*

-15.9

 

482

109

504

93

986

202

February

-14.3*

-33.9*

-14.3*

-17.0

-14.3*

-25.8*

 

451

74

424

87

875

161

March

-8.0*

-8.1

1.3

7.7

-3.5

-0.5

 

536

114

555

125

1091

239

April

12.9*

10.8

9.7*

19.3

11.4*

14.9

 

637

133

582

134

1219

267

May

14.1*

21.8

17.9*

24.9

15.9*

23.3*

 

665

151

646

145

1311

296

June

25.0*

26.7

20.3*

11.3

22.7*

19.2

 

705

152

638

125

1343

277

July

18.4*

21.8

21.3*

36.9

19.8*

29.1*

 

690

151

665

159

1355

310

August

16.5*

5.6

3.5

-0.9

10.2*

2.5

 

679

131

567

115

1246

246

September

7.8

6.7

-1.6

-1.2

3.2

2.9

 

608

128

522

111

1130

239

October

-13.2*

-3.2

-12.4*

-16.5

-12.8*

-9.6

 

506

120

480

97

986

217

November

-19.5*

-10.8

-15.0*

-12.8

-17.3*

-11.8

 

454

107

451

98

905

205

December

-22.8*

-27.4

-23.5*

-32.8*

-23.2*

-30.0*

 

450

90

419

78

869

168

  1. * – p < 0.05 compare to the daily average per year, statistics based on 95% confidence intervals.