Table 1.
Age standardized suicide rates by sex in England and Wales (E+W) and Taiwan for the three time periods
| Time period | Method | Rates per 100 000 at beginning of analytic period |
Rates per 100 000 at end of analytic period |
Difference in rates per 100 000 |
% change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALES | 1919-1935 E+W | |||||
| All suicides | 22.1 | 28.6 | +6.5 | + 29.4 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 21.0 | 20.1 | -0.9 | -4.3 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 1.1 | 8.5 | +7.4 | +672.7 | ||
| 1975-1992 E+W | ||||||
| All suicides | 12.4 | 15.2 | +2.8 | +22.6 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 10.7 | 9.8 | -0.9 | -8.4 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 1.8 | 5.5 | +3.7 | +205.6 | ||
| 1999-2006 Taiwan | ||||||
| All suicides | 19.7 | 33.7 | +14.0 | +71.1 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 19.1 | 22.2 | +3.1 | +16.2 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.6 | 11.5 | +10.9 | > 1000 | ||
| FEMALES | 1919-1935 E+W | |||||
| All suicides | 6.7 | 10.8 | +4.1 | +61.2 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 6.1 | 6.6 | +0.5 | +8.2 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.6 | 4.2 | +3.6 | +600 | ||
| 1975-1992 E+W | ||||||
| All suicides | 7.6 | 4.1 | -3.5 | -46.1 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 7.4 | 3.5 | -3.9 | -52.8 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.2 | 0.6 | +0.4 | +200 | ||
| 1999-2006 Taiwan | ||||||
| All suicides | 9.7 | 14.7 | +5.0 | +51.5 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 9.7 | 11.0 | +1.3 | +13.4 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.0 | 3.7 | +3.7 | > 1000 | ||
| BOTH SEXES | 1919-1935 E+W | |||||
| All suicides | 14.9 | 17.8 | +2.9 | +19.5 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 14.0 | 11.8 | -2.2 | -15.7 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.9 | 6.0 | +5.1 | +566.7 | ||
| 1975-1992 E+W | ||||||
| All suicides | 9.6 | 9.6 | +0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 8.8 | 6.5 | -2.3 | -26.1 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.8 | 3.1 | +2.3 | +287.5 | ||
| 1999-2006 Taiwan | ||||||
| All suicides | 14.8 | 24.2 | +9.4 | +63.5 | ||
| Non-gassing suicides | 14.5 | 16.6 | +2.1 | +14.5 | ||
| Gassing suicides | 0.3 | 7.6 | +7.3 | > 1000 |