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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of suicide rates and social environment characteristics in the total population and at different urbanization levels

From: Suicide rate and social environment characteristics in South Korea: the roles of socioeconomic, demographic, urbanicity, general health behaviors, and other environmental factors on suicide rate

 

Total

Low-density areas

Mid-density areas

High-density areas

Total suicide rate

27.07 (18.30, 37.86)

29.74 (17.50, 44.10)

27.43 (19.21, 36.40)

24.04 (18.15, 30.60)

Male suicide rate

38.59 (25.00, 55.10)

42.64 (23.14, 64.30)

39.31 (27.70, 54.29)

33.83 (24.70, 43.90)

Female suicide rate

16.21 (7.59, 25.90)

16.95 (3.70, 32.71)

16.40 (9.10, 24.90)

15.29 (9.80, 21.15)

Aged 10 ~ 39y suicide rate

20.17 (9.92, 32.17)

22.17 (5.29, 41.74)

20.01 (11.50, 29.85)

18.34 (12.29, 24.59)

Aged 40 ~ 59y suicide rate

36.84 (22.08, 54.90)

41.70 (19.40, 66.34)

36.97 (23.83, 51.23)

31.86 (22.40, 42.28)

Aged 60 + y suicide rate

56.89 (30.89, 88.85)

59.32 (26.75, 99.55)

60.75 (35.21, 93.33)

50.62 (32.10, 71.99)

% of population aged 65 and older eligible for the basic pension

70.50 (56.94, 84.46)

80.65 (72.31, 86.54)

68.65 (59.74, 78.45)

62.21 (48.24, 73.73)

% vacant houses in the area

8.49 (2.68, 14.55)

12.57 (8.80, 16.51)

8.77 (4.54, 13.60)

4.14 (1.90, 7.24)

% divorce

2.19 (1.70, 2.70)

2.07 (1.70, 2.50)

2.33 (1.90, 2.80)

2.17 (1.70, 2.70)

% single elderly households

21.22 (14.94, 28.48)

25.84 (20.10, 30.97)

20.24 (14.07, 25.11)

17.59 (14.10, 21.97)

% detached houses

44.33 (10.10, 87.15)

77.43 (61.54, 90.47)

36.28 (14.42, 62.84)

19.28 (6.33, 35.26)

% of people who regularly participated in religious activities

25.15 (16.55, 34.10)

22.36 (14.10, 30.60)

25.33 (16.70, 34.00)

27.76 (20.15, 35.08)

Number of sports facilities per 1,000 persons

0.05 (0.00, 0.11)

0.09 (0.02, 0.19)

0.04 (0.01, 0.07)

0.01 (0.00, 0.01)

Park area per person (km2)

22.66 (2.73, 41.42)

26.47 (9.68, 49.65)

31.09 (8.27, 60.37)

10.47 (0.62, 22.82)

% current smokers

23.89 (19.96, 27.84)

24.05 (20.40, 27.80)

24.13 (19.94, 28.20)

23.49 (19.70, 27.45)

% of people exhibiting high-risk drinking

17.91 (12.60, 22.90)

17.93 (11.40, 24.30)

18.24 (13.14, 23.00)

17.57 (13.50, 21.30)

% of population with recognized stress

27.00 (20.66, 32.60)

24.36 (18.20, 30.50)

27.68 (22.54, 32.50)

28.97 (24.30, 33.40)

% of population with obesity

26.52 (20.60, 34.74)

26.95 (20.35, 35.70)

27.14 (21.20, 35.26)

25.46 (20.30, 33.00)

  1. Note) Numbers: Average (10th percentile, 90th percentile). Seventy six districts with average population densities in the range 19.8–136.2 persons per km2 (corresponding to the 0th–33.3th percentiles) were categorized as low-density areas, 77 districts with average population densities in the range 136.8–2077.1 persons per km2 (corresponding to the 33.3th –66.7th percentiles) were regarded as mid-density areas, and the remaining 77 districts with population densities in the range 2811.0–28,081.1 persons per km2 (corresponding to the 66.7th –100th percentiles) were classified as high-density areas
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