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 2 Women's suicides in numbers during the study period

From: Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

	*Oulu*			*Helsinki*			*Finland*
Year	Women	S	per 100 000	Women	S	per 100 000	Women	S	per 100 000
1969	46 245	5	10.81	333 502	43	12.89	2 384 060	246	10.32
1970	45 656	4	8.76	325 034	58	17.84	2 378 351	220	9.25
1971	46 474	5	10.76	330 205	58	17.57	2 391 875	222	9.28
1972	47 633	5	10.50	333 507	57	17.09	2 404 350	239	9.94
1973	48 302	6	12.42	335 687	60	17.87	2 416 619	249	10.30
1974	49 272	11	22.33	337 470	47	13.93	2 428 572	255	10.50
1975	50 132	5	9.97	337 570	72	21.33	2 438 377	254	10.42
1976	50 410	12	23.81	336 980	66	19.59	2 444 444	253	10.35
1977	50 691	8	15.78	335 057	54	16.12	2 451 299	258	10.53
1978	50 964	11	21.58	334 547	53	15.84	2 457 298	237	9.65
1979	51 188	6	11.72	334 981	60	17.91	2 464 508	242	9.82
1980	51 582	4	7.76	335 630	63	18.77	2 472 935	264	10.68
1981	52 237	1	1.91	336 511	56	16.64	2 484 677	239	9.62
1982	53 059	10	18.85	338 116	59	17.45	2 498 846	267	10.69
1983	53 225	6	11.27	339 108	56	16.51	2 512 686	249	9.91
1984	53 443	3	5.61	340 162	54	15.88	2 524 520	253	10.02
1985	53 976	4	7.41	341 781	58	16.97	2 532 884	249	9.83
1986	54 349	12	22.08	343 576	53	15.43	2 539 778	287	11.30
1987	54 760	10	18.26	346 162	65	18.78	2 545 734	301	11.82
1988	55 125	9	16.33	346 880	62	17.87	2 552 991	296	11.59
1989	55 810	8	14.33	347 226	58	16.70	2 561 623	297	12.59
1990	56 294	8	14.21	348 913	90	25.79	2 572 274	324	11.60
1991	56 735	8	14.10	352 207	74	21.01	2 585 960	306	11.83
1992	57 391	6	10.46	354 429	77	21.73	2 597 700	297	11.43
1993	57 765	6	10.39	358 557	72	20.08	2 607 716	293	11.24
1994	58 781	12	20.42	363 774	77	21.17	2 617 105	307	11.73
1995	60 186	12	19.94	369 437	65	17.59	2 625 125	309	11.77
1996	61 447	8	13.02	373 663	69	18.47	2 631 724	282	10.72
1997	62 439	11	17.62	378 547	68	17.96	2 638 251	284	10.77
1998	63 454	11	17.34	382 880	57	14.89	2 643 571	268	10.14
1999	64 516	13	20.15	386 384	68	17.60	2 648 276	254	9.59
2000	66 149	11	16.63	389 425	66	16.95	2 651 774	292	11.01
2001	67 584	9	13.32	391 649	62	15.83	2 657 304	271	10.20
2002	68 297	11	16.11	392 485	48	12.23	2 661 379	275	10.33
2003	68 878	7	10.16	393 035	55	13.99	2 666 839	261	9.79

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

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