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Table 2 Characteristic of monthly suicide rates and economic variables

From: Changes in suicide rates in disaster-stricken areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake and their effect on economic factors: an ecological study

 

Suicide rates per 100,000 populations (male)

Suicide rates per 100,000 populations (female)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)

Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)

Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)

Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)

Disaster-stricken areas

33.2 (2.4)

27.5 (1.6)

11.5 (0.4)

11.3 (0.9)

Neighboring (control) areas

38.4 (2.5)

32.1 (1.6)

14.0 (0.5)

12.5 (0.4)

National

28.9 (1.0)

26.0 (1.0)

11.0 (0.3)

10.8 (0.6)

 

Number of bankruptcy case per 100,000 populations

Ratio of effective job offers

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)

Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)

Pre-disaster (2009.3–2011.2)

Post-disaster (2011.3–2013.2)

Disaster-stricken areas

0.55 (0.06)

0.30 (0.07)

0.41 (0.07)

0.84 (0.23)

Neighboring (control) areas

0.62 (0.08)

0.45 (0.03)

0.38 (0.07)

0.63 (0.10)

National

0.93 (0.07)

0.81 (0.33)

0.50 (0.06)

0.74 (0.08)

  1. SD standard deviation, Disaster-stricken areas Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, Neighboring (control) areas Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata