Table 4.
Accelerating and decelerating periods of the equation of time and men's (M) and women's (W) suicide mortality
| Area | Selected Days | Periods of time of equation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X1 | Y1 | X2 | Y2 | ||||
| M | Finland | All | .109 .105-.114 |
.124 .118-.129 |
.112 .107-.116 |
.101 .096-.106 |
|
| Helsinki | All | .131 .121-.141 |
.142 .130-.154 |
.130 .122-.139 |
.130 .120-.140 |
||
| T+ | S+ |
.139 .116-.161 |
.149 .131-.167 |
.122 .097-.147 |
.124 .097-.151 |
||
| S- |
.151 .123-.179 |
.145 .119-.170 |
.124 .103-.145 |
.110 .088-.131 |
|||
| T- | S+ |
.152 .122-.182 |
.126 .100-.153 |
.135 .121-.150 |
.120 .099-.141 |
||
| S- |
.133 .104-.161 |
.124 .106-.142 |
.138 .116-.160 |
.114 .086-.142 |
|||
| Oulu | All |
.133 .115-.150 |
.146 .124-.167 |
.150 .131-.169 |
.122 104-.140 |
||
| T+ | S+ |
.156 .094-.218 |
.149 .101-.198 |
.206 .122-.290 |
.131 .052-.210 |
||
| S- |
.096 .042-.150 |
.207 .142-.272 |
.165 .112-.217 |
.097 .046-.148 |
|||
| T- | S+ |
.199 .138-.259 |
.140 .090-.190 |
.138 .092-.184 |
.115 .068-.162 |
||
| S- |
.123 .065-.181 |
.158 .114-.201 |
.175 .107-.242 |
.056 .008-.103 |
|||
| W | Finland | All | .028 .027-.029 |
.032 .030-.033 |
.030 .029-.031 |
.025 .024-.027 |
|
| Helsinki | All |
.047 .043-.051 |
.053 .048-.058 |
.050 .045-.054 |
.043 .039-.048 |
||
| T+ | S+ |
.052 .040-.064 |
.055 .046-.065 |
.056 .044-.068 |
.033 .018-.048 |
||
| S- |
.044 .030-.057 |
.059 .047-.072 |
.055 .041-.069 |
.055 .044-.067 |
|||
| T- | S+ |
.051 .032-.070 |
.049 .036-.061 |
.049 .040-.058 |
.036 .028-.045 |
||
| S- |
.051 .034-.067 |
.046 .034-.058 |
.048 .037-.058 |
.045 .025-.065 |
|||
| Oulu | All | .038 .029-.047 |
.045 .034-.057 |
.035 .027-.042 |
.038 .029-.047 |
||
| T+ | S+ S- |
.023 .005-.042 |
.039 .017-.060 |
.044 .014-.074 |
- | ||
|
.035 .012-.058 |
.053 .018-.087 |
.015 .001-.029 |
.026 .002-.050 |
||||
| T- | S+ S- |
.062 .028-.096 |
.030 .006-.054 |
.042 .024-.061 |
.036 .013-.059 |
||
|
.030 .003-.058 |
.060 028-.091 |
.032 .010-.054 |
- | ||||
Daily mean of suicide mortality and confidence interval of the mean in aggregate over the years from 1969 to 2003 for men and women, during accelerating (X1, X2) and decelerating (Y1, Y2) periods of the equation of time in Finland, Helsinki and Oulu, and according to daily changes (+/-) in temperature (T) and sunshine hours(S) in Helsinki and Oulu.
X1: 11.02-14.05
Y1: 15.05-25.07
X2: 26.07-03.11
Y2: 04.11-10.2