Table 1. Summary statistics of the distribution of smoothed SMRs for suicidea of different methods across 432 neighborhoods in Taipei City, 2004–2010.
| n | % | M | SD | 5% | Median | 95% | 90% ratiob | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note. SMR = standardized mortality ratio. aIncluding deaths certified either as suicide, undetermined death, or injury due to suffocation or pesticide poisoning. bDifferences over the 90% mid-range, that is, the value at 95% divided by the value at 5%. | ||||||||
| Overall | 2,994 | 100 | 1.01 | 0.21 | 0.74 | 0.97 | 1.43 | 1.94 |
| Hanging | 892 | 29.8 | 1.01 | 0.14 | 0.83 | 0.98 | 1.27 | 1.53 |
| Charcoal burning | 859 | 28.7 | 1.00 | 0.31 | 0.60 | 0.94 | 1.58 | 2.65 |
| Jumping | 566 | 18.9 | 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 1.11 | 1.20 |
| Drowning | 275 | 9.2 | 1.02 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.89 | 2.07 | 3.77 |
| Other | 402 | 13.4 | 1.01 | 0.23 | 0.73 | 0.95 | 1.47 | 2.01 |