Table 1.

Counts of suspected suicides in each period (before and during COVID-19), by age group and sex.

	Total		Pre-COVID-19 (37 months)		COVID-19 (7 months)
	n	% of all suicides	n	% of all suicides	n	% of all suicides
All	5,791	100.0	4,878	100.0	913	100.0
<25 years	833	14.4	685	14.0	148	16.2
25–64 years	4,080	70.5	3,461	71.0	619	67.8
65+ years	878	15.2	732	15.0	146	16.0
Males	4,366	75.4	3,676	75.4	690	75.6
<25 years	617	10.7	504	10.3	113	12.4
25–64 years	3,104	53.6	2,633	54.0	471	51.6
65+ years	645	11.1	539	11.0	106	11.6
Females	1,425	24.6	1,202	24.6	223	24.4
<25 years	216	3.7	181	3.7	35	3.8
25–64 years	976	16.9	828	17.0	148	16.2
65+ years	233	4.0	193	4.0	40	4.4