Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

Hiltunen, Laura; Suominen, Kirsi; Lönnqvist, Jouko; Partonen, Timo

doi:10.1186/1740-3391-9-10

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Table 1 Men's suicides in numbers during the study period

From: Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

	*Oulu*			*Helsinki*			*Finland*
Year	Men	S	per 100 000	Men	S	per 100 000	Men	S	per 100 000
1969	42 447	11	25.92	272 321	110	40.39	2 230 217	850	38.11
1970	41 412	13	31.39	266 174	108	40.58	2 219 985	763	34.37
1971	42 798	11	25.70	271 393	117	43.11	2 234 037	781	34.96
1972	43 436	22	50.65	275 378	132	47.93	2 249 051	874	38.86
1973	44 127	27	61.19	277 205	109	39.32	2 262 142	849	37.53
1974	45 082	22	48.80	278 485	131	47.04	2 273 815	921	40.51
1975	45 815	22	48.02	278 628	128	45.40	2 282 115	924	40.49
1976	46 069	29	62.95	278 693	152	54.54	2 286 392	967	42.29
1977	46 444	22	47.37	277 978	154	55.40	2 295 668	962	41.91
1978	46 609	13	27.89	277 735	156	56.17	2 300 790	963	41.86
1979	46 533	18	38.68	278 569	133	47.74	2 306 784	935	40.53
1980	46 779	24	51.31	279 456	145	51.89	2 314 843	962	41.56
1981	47 343	21	44.36	280 580	151	53.82	2 327 473	904	38.84
1982	48 179	18	37.36	282 751	134	47.39	2 342 869	905	38.63
1983	48 331	25	51.73	284 565	130	45.68	2 357 172	938	39.79
1984	48 620	25	51.42	286 092	149	52.08	2 369 228	988	41.70
1985	49 065	23	46.88	287 858	113	39.26	2 377 780	964	40.54
1986	49 405	30	60.72	290 370	149	51.31	2 385 866	1023	42.88
1987	49 890	28	56.12	292 935	137	46.77	2 392 868	1068	44.63
1988	50 138	44	87.76	294 242	150	50.98	2 401 368	1112	46.31
1989	50 951	29	56.92	295 665	160	54.12	2 412 760	1121	46.46
1990	51 623	33	63.93	298 420	198	66.35	2 426 204	1199	49.42
1991	52 254	35	66.98	302 609	185	61.14	2 443 042	1193	48.83
1992	52 959	36	67.98	306 298	204	66.60	2 457 282	1160	47.21
1993	53 495	35	65.43	311 134	172	55.28	2 470 196	1112	45.02
1994	54 661	23	42.08	316 367	176	55.63	2 481 649	1080	43.52
1995	56 132	26	46.32	322 074	179	55.58	2 491 701	1081	43.38
1996	57 436	26	45.27	327 168	131	40.04	2 500 596	966	38.63
1997	58 482	36	61.56	332 113	158	47.57	2 509 098	1039	41.41
1998	59 606	26	43.62	337 297	121	35.87	2 516 075	965	38.35
1999	61 025	40	65.55	341 125	139	40.75	2 523 026	961	38.09
2000	62 800	28	44.59	344 520	143	41.51	2 529 341	879	34.75
2001	64 116	31	48.35	347 925	150	43.11	2 537 597	936	36.89
2002	64 995	22	33.85	349 121	139	39.81	2 544 916	825	32.42
2003	65 965	29	43.96	350 334	119	33.97	2 552 893	823	32.24

The yearly male population, number of suicides(S), and suicide mortality for men in Oulu, Helsinki, and Finland from 1969 to 2003.

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