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. 2019 Feb 18;41(5):380–388. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0230

Table 1. Trends in suicide rates among people aged 15-29, stratified by sex (Brazil, 1997 to 2015).

Region Female Male
Mean* βx † R2 p-value Trend Mean* βx † R2 p-value Trend
Brazil 2.22 0.01 0.25 0.029 Increasing 8.23 0.09 0.74 < 0.001 Increasing
North
    Acre 2.89 0.00 0.00 0.956 Stable 11.17 0.56 0.55 0.002 Increasing
    Amapá 3.53 0.16 0.34 0.037 Increasing 14.55 0.10 0.01 0.061 Stable
    Amazonas 2.47 0.12 0.54 0.002 Increasing 11.93 0.68 0.88 < 0.001 Increasing
    Pará 2.13 -0.09 0.37 0.025 Decreasing 5.39 0.14 0.45 0.008 Increasing
    Rondônia 3.12 -0.08 0.13 0.129 Stable 9.26 0.08 0.03 0.474 Stable
    Roraima 5.68 -0.03 0.00 0.799 Stable 20.06 0.06 0.00 0.841 Stable
    Tocantins 2.86 0.11 0.33 0.042 Increasing 9.82 0.43 0.72 < 0.001 Increasing
Northeast
    Alagoas 1.93 0.05 0.24 0.03 Increasing 6.16 0.06 0.03 0.500 Stable
    Bahia 1.10 0.03 0.31 0.014 Increasing 3.88 0.19 0.72 < 0.001 Increasing
    Ceará 2.67 0.09 0.68 < 0.001 Increasing 10.69 0.18 0.64 < 0.001 Increasing
    Maranhão 1.56 0.04 0.21 0.050 Increasing 4.98 0.39 0.84 < 0.001 Increasing
    Paraíba 1.71 0.12 0.39 0.005 Increasing 4.86 0.30 0.76 < 0.001 Increasing
    Pernambuco 2.32 -0.04 0.44 0.010 Decreasing 6.35 -0.05 0.13 0.129 Stable
    Piauí 3.37 0.19 0.71 < 0.001 Increasing 9.85 0.56 0.83 < 0.001 Increasing
    Rio Grande do Norte 1.83 -0.03 0.08 0.231 Stable 6.49 0.13 0.48 0.005 Increasing
    Sergipe 2.92 0.12 0.46 0.007 Increasing 7.28 0.32 0.64 < 0.001 Increasing
Center-West
    Distrito Federal 2.50 -0.00 0.00 0.881 Stable 9.23 -0.13 0.12 0.154 Stable
    Mato Grosso 3.27 -0.11 0.48 0.005 Decreasing 9.68 0.05 0.02 0.554 Stable
    Mato Grosso do Sul 5.44 0.04 0.03 0.461 Stable 17.29 0.39 0.53 0.002 Increasing
    Goiás 2.89 -0.03 0.12 0.152 Stable 10.94 0.05 0.03 0.459 Stable
Southeast
    Espírito Santo 1.76 0.05 0.21 0.051 Stable 6.34 -0.12 0.14 0.109 Stable
    Minas Gerais 2.22 0.05 0.35 0.032 Increasing 8.64 0.17 0.61 < 0.001 Increasing
    Rio de Janeiro 1.34 0.01 0.01 0.700 Stable 3.78 0.00 0.00 0.893 Stable
    São Paulo 1.88 0.02 0.45 0.009 Increasing 8.35 0.01 0.38 0.023 Increasing
South
    Paraná 3.08 -0.07 0.35 0.008 Decreasing 11.56 -0.17 0.51 0.001 Decreasing
    Santa Catarina 2.71 -0.01 0.01 0.619 Stable 11.11 0.02 0.01 0.655 Stable
    Rio Grande do Sul 3.37 -0.07 0.43 0.011 Decreasing 14.27 -0.18 0.44 0.009 Decreasing
*

Mean per 100,000 population from 1997 to 2015.

†

Annual increase per 100,000 population.