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Table 4 Accelerating and decelerating periods of the equation of time and men's (M) and women's (W) suicide mortality

From: Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

 

Area

Selected Days

Periods of time of equation

    

X1

Y1

X2

Y2

M

Finland

All

.109

.105-.114

.124

.118-.129

.112

.107-.116

.101

.096-.106

 

Helsinki

All

.131

.121-.141

.142

.130-.154

.130

.122-.139

.130

.120-.140

  

T+

S+

.139

.116-.161

.149

.131-.167

.122

.097-.147

.124

.097-.151

   

S-

.151

.123-.179

.145

.119-.170

.124

.103-.145

.110

.088-.131

  

T-

S+

.152

.122-.182

.126

.100-.153

.135

.121-.150

.120

.099-.141

   

S-

.133

.104-.161

.124

.106-.142

.138

.116-.160

.114

.086-.142

 

Oulu

All

.133

.115-.150

.146

.124-.167

.150

.131-.169

.122

104-.140

  

T+

S+

.156

.094-.218

.149

.101-.198

.206

.122-.290

.131

.052-.210

   

S-

.096

.042-.150

.207

.142-.272

.165

.112-.217

.097

.046-.148

  

T-

S+

.199

.138-.259

.140

.090-.190

.138

.092-.184

.115

.068-.162

   

S-

.123

.065-.181

.158

.114-.201

.175

.107-.242

.056

.008-.103

W

Finland

All

.028

.027-.029

.032

.030-.033

.030

.029-.031

.025

.024-.027

 

Helsinki

All

.047

.043-.051

.053

.048-.058

.050

.045-.054

.043

.039-.048

  

T+

S+

.052

.040-.064

.055

.046-.065

.056

.044-.068

.033

.018-.048

   

S-

.044

.030-.057

.059

.047-.072

.055

.041-.069

.055

.044-.067

  

T-

S+

.051

.032-.070

.049

.036-.061

.049

.040-.058

.036

.028-.045

   

S-

.051

.034-.067

.046

.034-.058

.048

.037-.058

.045

.025-.065

 

Oulu

All

.038

.029-.047

.045

.034-.057

.035

.027-.042

.038

.029-.047

  

T+

S+

S-

.023

.005-.042

.039

.017-.060

.044

.014-.074

-

    

.035

.012-.058

.053

.018-.087

.015

.001-.029

.026

.002-.050

  

T-

S+

S-

.062

.028-.096

.030

.006-.054

.042

.024-.061

.036

.013-.059

    

.030

.003-.058

.060

028-.091

.032

.010-.054

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  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 accelerating (X1, X2) and decelerating (Y1, Y2) periods of the equation of time in Finland, Helsinki and Oulu, and according to daily changes (+/-) in temperature (T) and sunshine hours(S) in Helsinki and Oulu.
  2. X1: 11.02-14.05
  3. Y1: 15.05-25.07
  4. X2: 26.07-03.11
  5. Y2: 04.11-10.2