Table 1 Ranked annual changes in suicide rates (first column), annual changes in the sales figures of SSRIs (second column) and annual changes in the sales figures of TCAs (third column) in the period 1990-98.

-2.85

0.59 *

-0.1

3

-1.88

0.29 *

-0.3 *

3

-1.57

1.24 *

0

2

-1.5

3.99

-0.1

4

-1.49

5.17

-0.4 *

4

-1.47

9.46

-0.51*

1

-1.45

1.25 *

-0.76 *

1

-1.19

-0.03 *

0.2

3

-1.13

0.10 *

-0.2

4

-1.09

0.80 *

-0.4 *

2

-0.96

3.40

0

3

-0.77

5.50

-0.83 *

1

-0.72

10.80

0.2

3

-0.69

7.10

-0.36 *

1

-0.69

-3.10 *

-0.3

4

-0.68

3.80

-0.9 *

2

-0.6

1.90 *

-0.8 *

2

-0.33

1.60 *

0.1

3

-0.06

1.80 *

-0.1

3

0.03

2.90

-0.3 *

2

0.11

3.90

0.2

2

0.24

3.10

-1.2 *

2

0.27

1.60 *

-0.12

1

0.3

1.50 *

-0.54 *

1

0.32

4.00

-0.81 *

1

0.32

2.10 *

-0.66 *

1

0.32

3.70

0.1

2

1.39

2.90

-0.1

3