Number of suicides and associations between the population density and suicide rates of 214 districts during 1992–1997, 1998–2002, 2003–2007 and 2008–2012
| 1992–1997 | 1998–2002 | 2003–2007 | 2008–2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | IRR | (95% CI) | n | IRR | (95% CI) | n | IRR | (95% CI) | n | IRR | (95% CI) | |
| Both sexes* | 22 921 | 0.913 | (0.904 to 0.920) | 34 951 | 0.904 | (0.897 to 0.911) | 53 499 | 0.939 | (0.933 to 0.945) | 71 684 | 0.954 | (0.948 to 0.960) |
| Men† | 15 782 | 0.907 | (0.898 to 0.918) | 24 608 | 0.902 | (0.894 to 0.911) | 36 488 | 0.935 | (0.929 to 0.942) | 46 982 | 0.944 | (0.938 to 0.951) |
| Women† | 7139 | 0.919 | (0.906 to 0.933) | 10 343 | 0.907 | (0.896 to 0.919) | 17 011 | 0.945 | (0.935 to 0.955) | 24 702 | 0.972 | (0.962 to 0.982) |
*The effects of age (5-year age band) and sex were adjusted.
†The effects of age (5-year age band) were adjusted.
IRR, incidence rate ratio.