Table 2.
Suicides during non-existential wars.
| Wars | Duration | Prewar | Postwar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | National | Male | Female | Year | National | Male | Female | ||
| Suez War | 10 days | 1955 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 1956 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 16.9 |
| (10/29/1956–11/5/1956) | 1956 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 16.9 | 1957 | 14.4 | 16.7 | 12.0 | |
| Change % | 33.3% | 78.9% | –1.7% | –29.4% | –29.8% | –28.9% | |||
| War of | 17 months | 1968 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 1970 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 9.4 |
| Attrition | 1969 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 11.0 | 1971 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 11.5 | |
| Change % | (3/8/1969–8/7/1970) | –2.1% | 3.8% | –11.3% | 14.7% | 8.1% | 22.3% | ||
| 1969 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 11.0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 9.4 | ||||||
| Change % | –21.0% | –24.8% | –14.6% | ||||||
| 1st Lebanon War | 2 months | 1981 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 1982 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 6.2 |
| (6/5/1982–8/18/1982) | 1982 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 1983 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 6.7 | |
| Change % | –3.4% | –10.6% | –3.1% | 20.0% | 36.6% | 8.1% | |||
| 2nd Lebanon | 34 days | 2005 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 5.5 | ||||
| War | (7/12/2006–8/14/2006) | 2006 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 4.0 | No | data are | available | yet |
| Change % | –15.5% | –10.6% | –27.3% | ||||||
From a methodological point of view, testing the statistical significance of the difference between pre-war and post-war suicide rates is not relevant to data that cover a complete population.