Figure 2.

Smoothed shaded contour plot of age-year specific crude suicide rates per 100 000 population in Scotland for each single age from 15 to 49 years, and each birth year from 1940 to 1998 stratified by sex and deprivation (most deprived fifth and less deprived four-fifths). Thick dashed guidelines indicate birth cohorts 1960 (left most line), 1970 and 1980 (right most line) and thinner ones mid-decadal birth cohorts 1965 and 1975.