Suicide mortality, 1988–94
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No of deaths* | 15 710 | 1.70 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 |
SMRs | | 1.02 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | 0.77 | 3.23 | 10.64 |
When restricted to areas with at least 1 death (n = 6116)† | | 1.54 | 1.11 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 1.26 | 3.73 | 10.64 |
Smoothed estimates‡ | | 1.01 | 0.18 | 0.61 | 0.77 | 0.98 | 1.34 | 2.55 |
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Area characteristics, 1991
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Area populations | 11 314 656 | 1 221 | 1 028 | 12 | 237 | 927 | 3 318 | 11 333 |
Socioeconomic characteristics
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Single-person households (%) | | 25.03 | 6.76 | 4.87 | 16.31 | 23.90 | 38.04 | 63.80 |
Households privately renting (%)§ | | 10.46 | 8.21 | 0.64 | 2.63 | 8.16 | 25.94 | 94.41 |
Population mobility (%)§ | | 9.54 | 3.57 | 2.82 | 5.61 | 8.81 | 16.11 | 45.60 |
Unmarried adult population (%) | | 39.73 | 7.20 | 17.03 | 31.38 | 38.12 | 55.19 | 75.36 |
Not owner-occupied households (%) | | 30.46 | 15.61 | 0.58 | 9.82 | 27.76 | 61.32 | 98.95 |
Households with no car (%) | | 27.04 | 14.75 | 3.39 | 9.51 | 23.45 | 56.18 | 95.08 |
Overcrowded households (%)§ | | 1.70 | 1.59 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.29 | 4.53 | 29.80 |
Unemployed population (%)§ | | 9.61 | 5.57 | 1.88 | 4.23 | 7.80 | 21.05 | 49.31 |
Lone-parent households (%)§ | | 3.03 | 2.15 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 2.38 | 7.50 | 17.50 |
Social class IV and V households (%) | | 17.97 | 7.94 | 0.00 | 6.35 | 17.19 | 31.94 | 80.00 |
Population limiting long-term illness (%) | | 11.70 | 3.45 | 2.41 | 7.09 | 11.19 | 18.09 | 31.64 |
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Rurality indicators
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Population potential (people/m)§ | | 482.89 | 186.61 | 123 | 257 | 448 | 910 | 1152 |
Population density (people/ha)§ | | 19.72 | 25.91 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 9.20 | 67.68 | 216.46 |