Table 1:

Classification of 1648 suicides as perinatal or non-perinatal, according to data source

Data source and group	Group; no. (%) of suicides n = 1648		Perinatal suicide rate per 100 000 live births	Suicides during perinatal period as % of all perinatal deaths
	Perinatal	Non-perinatal
Coroner data
Overall	35 (2.1)	1613 (97.9)
Pregnancy only	13 (0.8)	NA
Postpartum only	22 (1.3)	NA
Administrative data
Overall	46 (2.8)	1602 (97.2)
Pregnancy only	17 (1.0)	NA
Postpartum only	29 (1.8)	NA
Combined data
Overall	51 (3.1)	1597 (96.9)	2.58	5.3
Pregnancy only	20 (1.2)	NA	1.01	4.4 (of all pregnancy-related deaths)
Postpartum only	31 (1.9)	NA	1.57	6.0 (of all postpartum-related deaths)

Note: NA = not applicable.