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. 2017 Aug 16;12(8):e0183149. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183149

Table 3. Reliability of individual and averaged time series for selected Google Trends search terms.

Country and search term Individual time series Averaged time series
USA
suicide .991 [.990–.992] .999 [.999–.999]
depression .994 [.994–.995] .999 [.999–1.000]
Germany
Suizid .91 [.90–.92] .990 [.989–.991]
Selbstmord .95 [.95–.96] .995 [.994–.996]
Depressionen .92 [.91–.93] .991 [.990–.992]
Austria
Suizid .77 [.75–.80] .97 [.97–.98]
Selbstmord .74 [.72–.77] .97 [.96–.97]
Depressionen .63 [.60–.66] .95 [.94–.95]
Switzerland
Selbstmord .78 [.76–.80] .97 [.97–.98]
Depressionen .68 [.65–.71] .95 [.95–.96]

Numbers are intraclass correlation coefficients (two-way random model, assessing consistency of individual values) with 95% confidence intervals in brackets. All ps < .001.