Table 2

Results of estimating the variation in suicides during the economic recession 2008–2010 compared with 1993–2007

Number of suicides*Actual†Age-standardised rates†,‡
Men
 North East−4.881e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)−111.828 (0.302, 3.198)
 North West2.792e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)−52.001 (0.713, 3.290)
 Yorkshire and The Humber−1.236e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)−160.151 (−0.939, 1.335)
 East Midlands−2.810e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)−30−0.693 (−1.717, 0.404)
 West Midlands−1.168e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)1−0.385 (−1.429, 0.652)
 East of England−1.512e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)20−1.597 (−2.72, −0.580)
 London1.475e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)−12−1.078 (−2.271, 0.0170)
 South East2.770e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)4−0.787 (−2.058, 0.474)
 South West−1.288e-06 (−0.022, 0.022)230.592 (−0.744, 2.061)
 England13.043 (−2.934, 29.300)−30.008 (−0.002, 0.018)
Women
 North East−6.973e-05 (−0.023, 0.0231)−50.170 (−0.173, 0.523)
 North West3.947e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)−120.460 (0.130, 0.817)
 Yorkshire and The Humber−1.753e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)−16−0.146 (−0.479, 0.1789)
 East Midlands−3.795e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)3−0.244 (−0.576, 0.074)
 West Midlands−1.579e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)0−0.333 (−0.668, −0.018)
 East of England−1.669e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)−6−0.532 (−0.879, −0.213)
 London4.476e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)−200.223 (−0.100, 0.560)
 South East6.489e-05 (−0.023, 0.023)−20.143 (−0.189, 0.485)
 South West−2.481e-06 (−0.023, 0.023)10.267 (−0.074, 0.625)
 England4.530 (−13.448, 23.063)−7−0.001 (−0.011, 0.009)
  • Italic and shaded in grey, the 95% interval of credibility did not contain the zero.

  • *Variation of suicides (95% interval of credibility).

  • †Actual variation (see table 1).

  • ‡Rates/100 000 population standardised to the European Standard Population.