Table 2.
Rate ratios and excess suicides in 2009 in 27 European countries relative to those expected based on trends over 2000-07
| Men | Women | Population aged ≥15 (2009)* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate ratio (95% CI) | Excess suicide (95% CI) | P value | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Excess suicide (95% CI) | P value | ||||
| Old (pre-2004) EU countries (n=11) | |||||||||
| All countries | 1.064 (1.056 to 1.071) | 1514 (1350 to 1678) | <0.001 | 1.006 (0.996 to 1.016) | 49 (−31 to 130) | 0.23 | 258 401 | ||
| Austria | 1.034 (1.009 to 1.060) | 31 (8 to 54) | 0.007 | 1.087 (1.043 to 1.135) | 24 (12 to 36) | <0.001 | 7111 | ||
| Finland | 1.082 (1.051 to 1.114) | 57 (37 to 78) | <0.001 | 1.133 (1.079 to 1.192) | 32 (20 to 44) | <0.001 | 4449 | ||
| France | 1.047 (1.032 to 1.062) | 344 (237 to 451) | <0.001 | 0.989 (0.971 to 1.007) | −30 (−81 to 20) | 0.24 | 50 974 | ||
| Germany | 1.055 (1.042 to 1.069) | 376 (291 to 461) | <0.001 | 1.007 (0.990 to 1.024) | 16 (−24 to 56) | 0.43 | 70 797 | ||
| Greece | 1.104 (1.053 to 1.160) | 31 (17 to 46) | <0.001 | 0.886 (0.798 to 0.995) | −7 (−15 to 0) | 0.041 | 9664 | ||
| Ireland | 1.243 (1.199 to 1.289) | 82 (70 to 94) | <0.001 | 1.175 (1.088 to 1.277) | 15 (8 to 23) | <0.001 | 3522 | ||
| Luxembourg | 0.925 (0.834 to 1.038) | −4 (−9 to 2) | 0.18 | 0.741 (0.603 to 0.959) | −5 (−9 to −1) | 0.026 | 409 | ||
| Netherlands | 1.052 (1.026 to 1.079) | 52 (27 to 78) | <0.001 | 1.049 (1.008 to 1.093) | 21 (4 to 39) | 0.019 | 13 612 | ||
| Spain | 1.072 (1.051 to 1.094) | 178 (129 to 228) | <0.001 | 0.974 (0.948 to 1.002) | −20 (−42 to 2) | 0.069 | 39 114 | ||
| Sweden | 1.083 (1.053 to 1.115) | 68 (44 to 91) | <0.001 | 0.973 (0.929 to 1.021) | −10 (−27 to 7) | 0.26 | 7753 | ||
| UK | 1.099 (1.078 to 1.121) | 298 (240 to 356) | <0.001 | 1.015 (0.984 to 1.047) | 13 (−15 to 42) | 0.35 | 50 996 | ||
| New (post-2004) EU countries (n=10) | |||||||||
| All countries | 1.133 (1.121 to 1.144) | 1574 (1454 to 1693) | <0.001 | 1.077 (1.060 to 1.096) | 196 (154 to 239) | <0.001 | 82 691 | ||
| Bulgaria | 1.125 (1.090 to 1.162) | 73 (55 to 92) | <0.001 | 1.123 (1.068 to 1.185) | 23 (13 to 32) | <0.001 | 6561 | ||
| Czech Republic | 1.063 (1.033 to 1.095) | 73 (39 to 106) | <0.001 | 1.027 (0.979 to 1.079) | 6 (−5 to 17) | 0.28 | 9003 | ||
| Estonia | 1.262 (1.198 to 1.334) | 46 (36 to 55) | <0.001 | 1.261 (1.150 to 1.394) | 10 (6 to 14) | <0.001 | 1139 | ||
| Hungary | 1.122 (1.096 to 1.148) | 206 (167 to 245) | <0.001 | 1.099 (1.057 to 1.145) | 50 (30 to 70) | <0.001 | 8538 | ||
| Latvia | 1.297 (1.247 to 1.351) | 95 (82 to 108) | <0.001 | 1.314 (1.238 to 1.400) | 24 (19 to 29) | <0.001 | 1,945 | ||
| Lithuania | 1.209 (1.169 to 1.252) | 164 (137 to 191) | <0.001 | 1.135 (1.076 to 1.201) | 22 (13 to 31) | <0.001 | 2837 | ||
| Malta | 1.431 (1.202 to 1.768) | 10 (5 to 14) | <0.001 | 1.245 (0.894 to 2.053) | 1 (0 to 2) | 0.22 | 349 | ||
| Poland | 1.161 (1.140 to 1.182) | 763 (677 to 849) | <0.001 | 1.161 (1.123 to 1.201) | 129 (102 to 156) | <0.001 | 32 338 | ||
| Romania | 1.067 (1.041 to 1.095) | 137 (86 to 189) | <0.001 | 0.848 (0.816 to 0.883) | −68 (−85 to −50) | <0.001 | 18 224 | ||
| Slovenia | 1.020 (0.977 to 1.066) | 7 (−8 to 22) | 0.37 | 1.005 (0.942 to 1.077) | 0 (−6 to 7) | 0.89 | 1757 | ||
| Non-EU European countries (n=6) | |||||||||
| All countries | 0.996 (0.981 to 1.011) | −151 (−648 to 347) | 0.55 | 0.973 (0.960 to 0.987) | −196 (−298 to −95) | <0.001 | 137 750 | ||
| Croatia | 1.149 (1.103 to 1.198) | 80 (58 to 102) | <0.001 | 0.887 (0.841 to 0.939) | −22 (−33 to −11) | <0.001 | 3751 | ||
| Iceland | 1.395 (1.210 to 1.648) | 8 (5 to 11) | <0.001 | 0.808 (0.646 to 1.076) | −2 (−4 to 0) | 0.13 | 253 | ||
| Norway | 1.218 (1.170 to 1.269) | 74 (60 to 88) | <0.001 | 0.922 (0.864 to 0.988) | −13 (−24 to −2) | 0.021 | 3914 | ||
| Republic of Moldova | 1.062 (1.018 to 1.110) | 32 (10 to 55) | 0.005 | 1.034 (0.947 to 1.140) | 3 (−5 to 12) | 0.47 | 2963 | ||
| Russian Federation | 0.988 (0.972 to 1.004) | −388 (−884 to 108) | 0.13 | 0.975 (0.961 to 0.990) | −162 (−261 to −64) | 0.001 | 120 663 | ||
| Serbia | 1.045 (1.019 to 1.072) | 43 (19 to 67) | <0.001 | 0.998 (0.957 to 1.043) | −1 (−17 to 16) | 0.94 | 6206 | ||
EU=European Union.
*1000 population.