Table 3 The monthly suicide rate per 1 000 births for the Traditional and Modern Lifestyle cohorts
Traditional Life-Style Births | Modern Life-Style Births | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Average number of births 1903–1950 | Average number of suicide births 1903–1950 | Suicide rate per 1 000 births | Average number of births 1961–1980 | Average number of suicide births 1961–1980 | Suicide rate per 1 000 births |
Jan | 62.6 | 0.54 | 8.7 | 107.4 | 2.7 | 25.1 |
Feb | 58.7 | 0.52 | 8.9 | 99.2 | 3.5 | 35.3 |
Mar | 53.2 | 0.42 | 7.8 | 110.2 | 3.5 | 31.8 |
Apr | 49.3 | 0.33 | 6.8 | 104.1 | 3.1 | 29.3 |
May | 47.1 | 0.25 | 5.3 | 103.2 | 3.1 | 29.6 |
Jun | 53.2 | 0.23 | 4.3 | 104.7 | 3.4 | 32.5 |
Jul | 53.7 | 0.63 | 11.6 | 106.9 | 2.7 | 25.3 |
Aug | 55.4 | 0.52 | 9.4 | 110.2 | 3.3 | 29.5 |
Sep | 62.6 | 0.46 | 7.3 | 105.9 | 3.6 | 34.0 |
Oct | 56.0 | 0.60 | 10.8 | 102.3 | 3.2 | 30.8 |
Nov | 56.0 | 0.65 | 11.5 | 101.8 | 3.4 | 32.9 |
Dec | 57.1 | 0.56 | 8.7 | 102.2 | 2.9 | 28.4 |
ALL YEAR | 664.8 | 5.71 | 8.5 | 1257.9 | 38.2 | 30.4 |