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Table 3 Astronomical seasons and men's (M) and women's (W) suicide mortality

From: Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

 

Area

Selected Days

Astronomical season

    

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

M

Finland

All

.099

.094-.103

.120

.115-.125

.117

.112-.122

.106

.101-.111

 

Helsinki

All

.128

.120-.136

.138

.128-.148

.135

.123-.147

.131

.122-.140

  

T+

S+

.123

.099-.146

.135

.122-.147

.139

.122-.156

.137

.120-.155

   

S-

.113

.092-.134

.144

.125-.163

.142

.120-.164

.115

.099-.132

  

T-

S+

.122

.108-.136

.146

.128-.163

.130

.117-.143

.133

.118-.147

   

S-

.122

.097-.146

.140

.120-.161

.129

.112-.146

.144

.116-.172

 

Oulu

All

.119

.098-.140

.141

.123-.160

.159

.138-.180

.131

.113-.150

  

T+

S+

.107

.050-.163

.134

.103-.165

.162

.112-.212

.152

.077-.227

   

S-

.097

.059-.135

.126

.082-.170

.175

.132-.217

.147

.101-.193

  

T-

S+

.124

.094-.154

.167

.132-.203

.156

.115-.197

.117

.073-.161

   

S-

.097

.045-.148

.138

.110-.166

.132

.086-.178

.144

.083-.205

W

Finland

All

.025

.023-.027

.031

.030-.032

.029

.028-.031

.028

.027-030

 

Helsinki

All

.046

.042-.050

.050

.045-.054

.049

.045-.054

.048

.043-.053

  

T+

S+

.038

.028-.048

.056

.046-.065

.049

.039-.058

.056

.043-.069

   

S-

.051

.033-.069

.049

.041-.056

.046

.034-.058

.052

.042-.062

  

T-

S+

.042

.036-.049

.046

.034-.057

.049

.040-.057

.049

.039-.059

   

S-

.052

.039-.065

.052

.042-.062

.051

.041-.061

.045

.031-.059

 

Oulu

All

.036

.029-.044

.040

.030-.049

.042

.032-.051

.039

.029-.048

  

T+

S+

.032

.006-.058

.031

.016-.046

.042

.023-.061

.049

.013-.086

   

S-

.037

.015-.058

.030

.015-.043

.047

.020-.074

.020

.005-.036

  

T-

S+

.041

.019-.063

.051

.028-.074

.037

.019-.055

.043

.019-.067

   

S-

.028

.000-.055

.045

.020-.069

.042

.020-.063

.047

.018-.076

  1. Daily mean of suicide mortality and confidence interval of the mean in aggregate over the years from 1969 to 2003 for men and women, during astronomical seasons in Finland, Helsinki and Oulu, and according to daily changes (+/-) in temperature (T) and sunshine hours(S) in Helsinki and Oulu.
  2. Winter: 21.12-20.03
  3. Spring: 21.03-20.06
  4. Summer: 21.06-22.09
  5. Fall: 23.09-20.12