Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for the Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic Period (Control Period) and the Pandemic Period.
| Control period (From Jan 2017 to Dec 2019) |
COVID-19 pandemic period (From Jan 2020 to Dec 2022) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number of suicide attempts | ||
| Total | 843 | 958 |
| Men | 298 | 353 |
| 15-24 | 46 | 51 |
| 25-49 | 125 | 160 |
| 50-64 | 71 | 62 |
| ≧65 | 50 | 75 |
| Women | 527 | 595 |
| 15-24 | 129 | 145 |
| 25-49 | 239 | 297 |
| 50-64 | 83 | 86 |
| ≧65 | 67 | 61 |
| Number (%) of suicides completed within 1 month after attempts | 91 (10.8)a | 85 (8.9)a |
| Temperature, mean (SD) | 16.2 (8.7) | 16.5 (8.5) |
| Holidays, n (% in each period) | 59 (5.4) | 51 (4.7) |
SD, standard deviation
Information on sex was unknown for 18 individuals in 2017-2019 and for 10 individuals in 2020-2022. Information on age was unknown for 15 individuals in 2017-2019 and for 10 individuals in 2020-2022. There were 11 and 9 individuals aged less than 15 years in 2017-2019 and 2020-2022, respectively.
a Proportions among those who attempted suicide