Table 2

Men's suicides and distribution of person-years by age, period and educational status in Sweden

AgeEducational status1993–19992000–20052006–2011
No.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per centNo.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per centNo.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per cent
18–24Secondary or lower143(39.0)637(25.6)212(51.2)631(29.3)252(46.5)715(28.6)
Upper secondary181(49.3)1375(55.2)165(40.0)1093(50.7)212(39.1)1 295(51.8)
Ongoing university42(11.4)343(13.8)37(8.9)346(16.0)68(12.5)380(15.2)
Attained university1(0.3)135(5.4)6(1.4)87(4.0)10(1.8)113(4.5)
25–29Secondary or lower131(31.7)284(14.2)107(31.8)181(10.9)170(35.0)218(13.2)
Upper secondary221(53.4)1119(56.2)171(50.9)870(52.4)224(46.1)779(47.1)
Ongoing university30(7.2)162(8.2)32(9.5)173(10.4)52(10.7)174(10.5)
Attained university32(7.7)427(21.4)26(7.7)438(26.4)40(8.2)484(29.2)
30–39Secondary or lower329(30.0)754(19.0)210(24.4)453(12.1)192(21.8)385(10.9)
Upper secondary607(55.1)2 077(52.4)495(57.6)2 047(54.4)490(55.6)1 751(49.6)
Ongoing university32(2.9)94(2.4)23(2.7)111(2.9)42(4.8)100(2.8)
Attained university134(12.2)1039(26.2)132(15.3)1 150(30.6)158(17.9)1 296(36.7)
  • No, number of; Pyrs, person-years; Suic, suicides.