Table 3.
Summary of the annual percent changes (APCs) and joinpoints (JPs) for trends in age-standardized suicide rates by sex for England and Wales (1966-1992) and Taiwan (1987-2007)
| Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC (95% CI) | JP 1 (95% CI) | APC (95% CI) | JP 2 (95% CI) | APC (95% CI) | |
| Overall suicide | |||||
| England and Wales (2 join points for males and one join point for females) | |||||
| Male | -5.4 (-6.8, -3.9) | 1972 (1971, 1975) | 2.2 (1.4, 2.9) | 1983 (1979, 1986) | 0.0 (-0.8, 0.7) |
| Female | -5.4 (-7.2, -3.5) | 1972 (1969, 1977) | 0.6 (-0.8, 2.0) | 1981 (1979, 1985) | -6.2 (-7.1, -5.2) |
| Taiwan (1 join point for males and females) | |||||
| Male | -8.5 (-15.0, -1.5) | 1992 (1989, 1994) | 6.8 (5.7, 7.9) | ||
| Female | -11.2 (-15.0, -7.2) | 1992 (1991, 1994) | 5.1 (4.4, 5.8) | ||
| Gassing suicide | |||||
| England and Wales (2 join points for males and one join point for females) | |||||
| Male | -16.1 (-18.3, -13.9) | 1974 (1973, 1976) | 9.8 (7.0, 12.7) | 1984 (1979, 1988) | 4.4 (2.3, 6.7) |
| Female | -27.9 (-29.6, -26.2) | 1975 (1974, 1976) | 12.0 (7.5, 16.6) | 1985 (1982, 1989) | 1.3 (-3.1, 5.8) |
| Taiwan (1 join point for males*; join point regression not performed for females due to zero values for some of the years) | |||||
| Male* | 0.01 (-0.003, 0.03) | 1999 (1998, 2001) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | ||
| Female | - | ||||
| Non-gassing suicide | |||||
| England and Wales (1 join point for males and females) | |||||
| Male | 1.0 (0.6, 1.4) | 1982 (1980, 1984) | -2.0 (-2.7, -1.3) | ||
| Female | 0.3 (-0.1, 0.8) | 1981 (1980, 1983) | -7.2 (-8.1, -6.4) | ||
| Taiwan (2 join points for males and females) | |||||
| Male | -8.0 (-11.7, -4.2) | 1993 (1989, 1995) | 12.7 (0.7, 26.1) | 1997 (1995, 2005) | 1.6 (0.2, 3.0) |
| Female | -10.4 (-12.5, -8.2) | 1993 (1991, 1994) | 10.7 (3.0, 18.9) | 1997 (1996, 1999) | 1.1 (0.2, 2.0) |
*Annual change in rates per 100,000, not annual percent change, shown.