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

Table 3. Trends in suicide rates among people aged 40-59, stratified by sex (Brazil, 1997 to 2015).

Region Female Male
Mean* βx† R2 p-value Trend Mean* βx † R2 p-value Trend
Brazil 3.03 0.05 0.70 < 0.001 Increasing 11.68 0.04 0.36 0.030 Increasing
North
    Acre 1.72 0.00 0.00 0.956 Stable 8.81 0.35 0.18 0.073 Stable
    Amapá 2.08 0.03 0.01 0.753 Stable 9.51 -0.25 0.08 0.231 Stable
    Amazonas 1.40 0.09 0.53 0.002 Increasing 6.73 0.11 0.17 0.078 Stable
    Pará 1.39 -0.03 0.16 0.088 Stable 5.45 0.08 0.17 0.084 Stable
    Rondônia 3.01 -0.03 0.02 0.566 Stable 9.69 -0.09 0.02 0.533 Stable
    Roraima 2.12 0.03 0.00 0.824 Stable 12.24 -0.00 0.00 0.996 Stable
    Tocantins 3.62 0.10 0.33 0.04 Increasing 11.83 0.28 0.37 0.024 Increasing
Northeast
    Alagoas 1.79 0.05 0.34 0.037 Increasing 7.90 0.14 0.16 0.085 Stable
    Bahia 1.39 0.06 0.44 0.002 Increasing 6.69 0.25 0.85 < 0.001 Increasing
    Ceará 3.47 0.04 0.07 0.265 Stable 14.46 0.32 0.52 0.003 Increasing
    Maranhão 1.47 0.09 0.65 < 0.001 Increasing 5.94 0.29 0.71 < 0.001 Increasing
    Paraíba 2.11 0.13 0.50 0.004 Increasing 8.44 0.52 0.76 < 0.001 Increasing
    Pernambuco 2.40 0.01 0.02 0.604 Stable 9.17 -0.11 0.22 0.041 Decreasing
    Piauí 3.48 0.18 0.51 0.001 Increasing 12.83 0.82 0.80 < 0.001 Increasing
    Rio Grande do Norte 2.48 0.02 0.01 0.706 Stable 11.88 0.26 0.35 0.030 Increasing
    Sergipe 2.96 0.09 0.15 0.106 Stable 10.39 0.38 0.58 0.001 Increasing
Center-West
    Distrito Federal 3.56 0.06 0.07 0.271 Stable 9.45 0.09 0.07 0.269 Stable
    Mato Grosso 3.46 0.02 0.01 0.750 Stable 12.82 -0.21 0.17 0.080 Stable
    Mato Grosso do Sul 3.42 -0.05 0.10 0.181 Stable 14.25 0.08 0.03 0.459 Stable
    Goiás 3.88 0.04 0.08 0.250 Stable 13.85 -0.10 0.05 0.378 Stable
Southeast
    Espírito Santo 3.62 0.15 0.50 0.004 Increasing 10.67 0.05 0.05 0.378 Stable
    Minas Gerais 3.46 0.17 0.81 < 0.001 Increasing 12.17 0.38 0.79 < 0.001 Increasing
    Rio de Janeiro 2.08 0.01 0.03 0.513 Stable 6.09 0.03 0.03 0.484 Stable
    São Paulo 2.84 0.03 0.19 0.066 Stable 10.25 -0.05 0.65 < 0.001 Decreasing
South
    Paraná 3.56 -0.01 0.01 0.751 Stable 14.76 -0.24 0.73 < 0.001 Decreasing
    Santa Catarina 5.38 0.13 0.45 0.008 Increasing 21.24 -0.26 0.58 0.001 Decreasing
    Rio Grande do Sul 5.94 0.03 0.31 0.049 Increasing 26.34 -0.35 0.61 < 0.001 Decreasing
*

Mean per 100,000 population from 1997 to 2015.

†

Annual increase per 100,000 population.