| Person-years (%) | No of suicides (%) | Suicide rate per 100 000 (SD) | ||||
| 1996 | 2000 | 1996 | 2000 | 1996 | 2000 | |
| Men | ||||||
| No antidepressant | 767 073 (97.6) | 810 101 (96.7) | 285 (86.9) | 231 (85.9) | 37.2 (2.2) | 28.5 (1.9) |
| Antidepressants | 18 519 (2.4) | 28 071 (3.3) | 43 (13.1) | 38 (14.1) | 232.2 (35.4) | 135.4 (21.9) |
| TCA | 6659 (0.8) | 6031 (0.7) | 13 (4.0) | 7 (2.6) | 195.2 (54.1) | 116.1 (43.8) |
| SSRI | 10 225 (1.3) | 16 738 (2.0) | 25 (7.6) | 18 (6.7) | 244.5 (48.8) | 107.5 (25.3) |
| Other | 1634 (0.2) | 5303 (0.6) | 5 (1.5) | 13 (4.8) | 306.0 (136.6) | 245.1 (67.9) |
| Total | 785 591 | 838 173 | 328 | 269 | 41.8 | 32.1 |
| Women | ||||||
| No antidepressant | 877 099 (94.7) | 899 688 (93.0) | 112 (72.3) | 85 (67.5) | 12.8 (1.2) | 9.4 (1.0) |
| Antidepressants | 49 376 (5.3) | 67 659 (7.0) | 43 (27.7) | 41 (32.5) | 87.1 (13.3) | 60.6 (9.5) |
| TCA | 21 616 (2.3) | 17 352 (1.8) | 17 (11.0) | 7 (5.6) | 78.6 (19.1) | 40.3 (15.2) |
| SSRI | 23 532 (2.5) | 38 267 (4.0) | 18 (11.6) | 21 (16.7) | 76.5 (18.0) | 54.9 (12.0) |
| Other | 4228 (0.5) | 12 040 (1.2) | 8 (5.2) | 13 (10.3) | 189.2 (66.8) | 108.0 (29.9) |
| Total | 926 475 | 967 347 | 155 | 126 | 16.7 | 13.0 |
SSRI, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; TCA, tricyclic antidepressant.