Table 1 Spearman correlation between climatic factors, either on the index day or as a mean of the 10 previous days, and suicide attempts, by sex
From: The effect of seasonal changes and climatic factors on suicide attempts of young people
With seasonal pattern | Female suicide attempts | Male suicide attempts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | r | p | r | p | |
Amount of rainfall, index day | 365 | 0.016 | 0.760 | 0.027 | 0.603 |
Amount of rainfall, mean of 10 previous days | 355 | 0.085 | 0.110 | −0.053 | 0.857 |
Temperature, index day | 364 | 0.213** | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.857 |
Temperature, mean of 10 previous days | 345 | 0.189** | 0.000 | 0.050 | 0.359 |
Sunlight duration, index day | 307 | 0.097 | 0.090 | −0.126* | 0.028 |
Sunlight duration, mean of 10 previous days | 264 | 0.077 | 0.210 | −0.025 | 0.690 |