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. 2021 Nov 15;11:22175. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01448-3

Table 1.

Statistically significant suicide and IRR change with respect to heatwave counts on overall and gendered suicide.

Overall suicide Female suicide Male suicide
Number of countries with a significant suicide-IRR correlation 8 11 7
Average IRR 1.035 1.037 1.016
Number of countries showing a significant increase in suicide for each unit increase of heatwave counts 3 6 2
Average significant increase IRR 1.207 1.133 1.225
Number of countries showing a significant decrease in suicide for each unit increase of heatwave counts 5 5 5
Average significant decrease IRR 0.932 0.922 0.932