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Table 1 Changes in national suicide mortality per 100 000 inhabitants

From: Changes in mental health services and suicide mortality in Norway: an ecological study

Variables

1990-1994 (RR)

1995-1999 (RR)

2000-2006 (RR)

1990-2006 (RR)

Suicide mortality

15.5-12.2 (0.79)

12.6-13.1 (1.04)

12.1-11.4 (0.94)

15.5-11.4 (0.74)

Discharges1

6.2-6.9 (1.11)

7.5-9.2 (1.23)

9.9-13.2 (1.33)

6.2-13.2 (2.13)

Outpatient consultations1

83-122 (1.47)

128-148 (1.16)

154-267 (1.73)

83-267 (3.22)

Beds1

2.4-2.0 (0.83)

1.9-1.7 (0.89)

1.7-1.4 (0.82)

2.4-1.4 (0.58)

Bed-days1

774-631 (0.82)

617-563 (0.91)

545-440 (0.81)

774-440 (0.57)

Man-labour years1

3.98-3.83 (0.85)

3.88-4.09 (1.05)

4.13-4.61 (1.12)

3.98-4.61 (1.16)

Antidepressants2

11.6-17.8 (1.53)

22.5-36.1 (1.60)

41-52.5 (1.28)

11.6-52.5 (4.53)

Alcohol3

4.99-4.74 (0.95)

4.79-5.45 (1.14)

5.66-6.46 (1.14)

4.99-6.46 (1.29)

Education4

12.2-14.2 (1.17)

14.8-16.7 (1.13)

16.9-19.5 (1.15)

12.2-19.5 (1.60)

Unemployment5

5.2-5.4 (1.04)

4.9-3.2 (0.65)

3.4-3.5 (1.03)

5.2-3.5 (0.67)

  1. 1Per 1000 inhabitants
  2. 2Defined daily doses (DDD)/1000 inhabitants/day
  3. 3Sales of pure alcohol in litres per inhabitant aged older than 15 years
  4. 4College and university education per 100 aged older than 16 years
  5. 5 Unemployed per 100 (age 15-74 years)
  6. Mortality data are accompanied by data regarding changes in explanatory variables at the national level. Rate ratios are given in parentheses.