Table 2 Effects of publicized suicide stories and Internet use on the monthly suicide rate, 1987–2005 (n = 218)

Intercept

6.6852****

0.0650

102.82

6.3286****

0.0744

85.10

Newspaper suicide reports in the previous month

0.0001***

0.0000

3.44

0.0001***

0.0000

3.97

Prevalence of Internet use in the previous month

0.0016*

0.0008

1.98

0.0001

0.0009

0.09

National jobless rate in the previous month

0.1270****

0.0208

6.09

0. 0172

0.0238

0.72

February

-0.0712****

0.0149

-4.78

-0.0722****

0.0165

-4.38

March

0.1127****

0.0174

6.49

0.1434****

0.0193

7.44

April

0.1169****

0.0188

6.21

0.1703****

0.0209

8.16

May

0.1461****

0.0196

7.45

0.1975****

0.0217

9.09

June

0.0853***

0.0202

4. 22

0.1211****

0.0224

5.41

July

0.0715

0.0206

3.47

0.1068****

0.0228

4.68

August

0.0159

0.0201

0.79

0.0516*

0.0223

2.31

September

0.0207

0.0195

1.06

0.0243

0.0216

1.13

October

0.0484**

0.0184

2.62

0.0518*

0.0204

2.53

November

-0.0056

0.0167

-0.33

0.0245

0.0185

1.32

December

-0.0480**

0.0163

-2.95

-0.0117

0.0181

-0.64