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Table 1 Unemployment and suicidal rates in both populations and percent changes from the previous year

From: Possible delayed effect of unemployment on suicidal rates: the case of Hungary

Year

Population

Suicide rate

Unemployment rate

Percent change in unemployment from previous year

Percent change in suicidality from the previous year

  

General population

Unemployed population

  

General population

Unemployed population

2000

10,043,224

32.02

117.9

6.4

   

2001

10,200,298

29.23

108.9

5.7

-10.94

-8.71

-7.63

2002

10,174,853

27.98

92.5

5.8

1.75

-4.28

-15.06

2003

10,142,362

27.65

88.3

5.9

1.72

-1.18

-4.54

2004

10,116,742

27.12

94.1

6.1

3.39

-1.92

6.57

2005

10,097,549

25.98

72.4

7.2

18.03

-4.20

-23.06

2006

10,076,581

24.44

66.3

7.5

4.17

-5.93

-8.43

2007

10,066,158

24.35

76.6

7.4

-1.33

-0.37

15.54

2008

10,045,401

24.67

83.8

7.8

5.41

1.31

9.40

2009

10,030,975

24.56

83.9

10

28.21

-0.45

0.12

2010

10,014,324

24.92

75.6

11.2

12.00

1.47

-9.89

2011

9,985,722

24.29

72.9

10.9

-2.68

-2.53

-3.57