Correlation coefficients of suicide news reporting for China Times, United Daily and actual number of suicide counts before and after the arrival of Apple Daily, 2002–05
| Pre-Apple Daily period (January 2002–April 2003) | Post-Apple Daily period (May 2003–December 2005) | ||||||
| United Daily | China Times | Number of suicides | United daily | China Times | Apple Daily | Number of suicides | |
| United Daily | 1.00 | 0.34*** | 0.05 | 1.00 | 0.36*** | 0.21*** | 0.12** |
| China Times | 0.34*** | 1.00 | 0.07 | 0.36*** | 1.00 | 0.19*** | 0.19*** |
| Apple Daily | – | – | – | 0.21*** | 0.19*** | 1.00 | −0.01 |
| Number of suicides | 0.05 | 0.07 | 1.00 | 0.12** | 0.19*** | −0.01 | 1.00 |
**p<0.001, ***p<0.0001 (2-sided).