Table 3

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

 1993–19992000–20052006–2011
AgeEducational statusNo.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per centNo.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per centNo.
suic
Per cent1000
Pyrs
Per cent
18–24Secondary or lower64(45.0)597(24.4)82(59.0)538(26.2)93(47.0)608(25.5)
Upper secondary59(41.5)1272(52.1)44(31.6)951(46.2)74(37.4)1118(47.0)
Ongoing university18(12.7)423(17.3)12(8.6)438(21.3)28(14.1)497(20.9)
Attained university1(0.7)152(6.2)1(7.2)130(6.3)3(1.5)157(6.6)
25–29Secondary or lower45(34.6)255(13.0)33(27.0)142(8.9)38(27.1)153(9.7)
Upper secondary54(41.5)1066(54.5)56(45.9)708(44.4)57(40.7)583(37.1)
Ongoing university14(10.8)169(8.6)22(18.0)210(13.2)21(15.0)218(13.9)
Attained university17(13.1)466(23.8)11(9.0)534(33.5)24(17.1)618(39.3)
30–39Secondary or lower98(26.3)599(15.4)79(24.7)345(9.5)78(22.7)292(8.6)
Upper secondary204(54.8)2043(52.4)162(50.6)1828(50.5)148(43.0)1395(40.9)
Ongoing university22(5.9)161(4.1)16(5.0)222(6.1)30(8.7)195(5.7)
Attained university48(12.9)1099(28.2)63(19.7)1223(33.8)88(25.6)1532(44.9)
  • No, number of ; Pyrs, person-years; Suic, suicides.