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. 2017 Aug;2:32–44. doi: 10.1016/j.osnem.2017.08.001

Table 7.

Classification of tweets from England and the London time zone over 12 months - initially filtered using suicide-related keywords.

Category of N of i % Mean Standard
suicide-related tweets daily deviation
communication. in 12m rate
Possible suicidal intent 108,195 5.7 296 122
Flippant reference to suicide 904,373 48.0 2478 2380
Information and support 59,204 3.1 162 223
Memorial 34,588 1.8 95 111
Campaigning 3,699 0.2 10 19
Reporting news of
 a suicide (not bombing) 106,741 5.7 292 697
None of the above 667,448 35.4 1829 935
Total 1,884,248 100