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. 2018 Apr 5;39(5):353–363. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000509

Table 3. Suicide rates by period analysis compared to national averages using a Poisson distribution.

Suicide rate by each period (per 100,000)
Sex Area 2009.3–2010.2 2010.3–2011.2 2011.3–2012.2 2012.3–2013.2 2013.3–2014.2 2014.3–2015.2 2015.3–2015.12
Notes. Evacuation areas = All municipalities in the whole & the other evacuation areas. Total evacuation areas = Naraha, Tomioka, Okuma, Futaba, Namie, Katsurao, and Iitate. Terminated/partial evacuation areas = Tamura, Minami-Soma, Kawamata, Hirono, and Kawauchi. Non-evacuation areas = Other municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture. *p < .05; **p < .01
Men Evacuation areas 32.7 38.6 43.7* 23.6 26.0 27.2 35.6
(p = .36) (p = .18) (p = .03) (p = .14) (p = .38) (p = .48) (p = .05)
Total evacuation areas 34.5 41.7 32.7 20.8 15.1 15.2 18.6
  (p = .54) (p = .22) (p = .52) (p = .21) (p = .09) (p = .13) (p = .28)
Terminated/partial evacuation areas 31.7 36.9 49.5* 25.0 31.7 33.5 44.3**
  (p = .35) (p = .32) (p = .01) (p = .27) (p = .34) (p = .18) (p < .01)
Non-evacuation areas 43.1* 37.6* 32.8 31.2 32.1* 30.6* 28.5
  (p < .01) (p = .01) (p = .37) (p = .28) (p = .02) (p = .02) (p = .05)
National average 35.5 33.1 32.2 30.1 28.4 26.7 25.6
Women Evacuation areas 14.2 14.9 12.8 10.9 24.0* 13.1 17.2
  (p = .40) (p = .34) (p = .46) (p = .41) (p < .01) (p = .35) (p = .06)
Total evacuation areas 8.5 19.3 5.9 5.9 20.6 8.9 18.0
  (p = .33) (p = .21) (p = .15) (p = .21) (p = .10) (p = .46) (p = .14)
Terminated/partial evacuation areas 17.1 12.7 16.3 13.5 25.8** 15.3 16.8
  (p = .21) (p = .55) (p = .33) (p = .44) (p < .01) (p = .22) (p = .15)
Non-evacuation areas 18.8 11.3 17.4 11.2 10.8 11.3 16.2*
  (p = .07) (p = .47) (p = .17) (p = .18) (p = .36) (p = .43) (p = .01)
National average 13.0 13.2 13.8 12.4 11.6 11.5 10.5