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Table 2 Cross-sectional and temporal variations in summary statistics for dependent and time-varying independent variables over the study period

From: Socio-demographic and economics factors associated with suicide mortality in Iran, 2001–2010: application of a decomposition model

Variable

2001

2010

% Change

Mean (range)

Mean (range)

Suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population

5.0 (1–13.9)

5.8 (1.9–23.8)

17%

Divorce rate (per 1000 people)

0.8 (0.2–1.5)

1.6 (0.6–2.5)

106%

Unemployment rate

15.9 (7.8–30.7)

13 (8.5–20.5)

−18%

Household equivalent per-capita expenditure (per million IRRa)

9.2 (5.7–16.9)

42.8 (21.5–63.5)

364%

Urbanization rate

60.4 (41.5–92.1)

66.2 (49.5–95)

9%

  1. a1 USD was around 10,000 Iranian Rial (IRR) in 2010