Table 3. Bivariate correlation coefficients between social indicators and suicide mortality rates.
Social Indicator | Both Sex Suicides | Male Suicides | Female Suicides |
---|---|---|---|
Percentage of population depressed | 0.295 | 0.295 | 0.235 |
Percentage of population anxious | – 0.065 | – 0.113 | 0.083 |
Alcohol consumption per capita | 0.667* | 0.660* | 0.544* |
Unemployment rate (% unemployed) | – 0.126 | – 0.094 | – 0.195 |
Human development index | 0.550* | 0.549* | 0.421** |
Coefficient of human inequality | – 0.690* | – 0.717* | – 0.445** |
Gender inequality index | – 0.481* | – 0.496* | – 0.310 |
GDP per capita (PPP) | 0.477* | 0.492* | 0.274 |
Democracy index | 0.434** | 0.413** | 0.412** |
Religion unimportant (%) | 0.647* | 0.608* | 0.640* |
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.10.