Table 1

Trends in Age-Specific Suicide Rates in Scotland 1980 – 2004
Males				Females

Joinpoints (Years)	Time Period	EAPC¹	95% CI²	Joinpoints (Years)	Time Period	EAPC¹	95% CI²

All Ages
1 joinpoint	1980 – 2000	+1.97	+1.5 – +2.4	1 joinpoint	1980 – 1983	-10.6	-19.8 – -0.4
2000	2000 – 2004	-3.67	-8.4 – +1.3	1983	1983 – 2004	-0.01	-0.56 – +0.5

15 – 29
3 joinpoints	1980 – 1983	-4.7	-16.2 – +8.3	1 joinpoint	1980 – 1996	5.56	+3.6 – +7.6
1983	1983 – 1992	+8.4	+5.4 – +11.5	1996	1996 – 2004	-2.22	-7.4 – +3.2
1992	1992 – 2000	+2.9	-0.5 – +6.5
2000	2000 – 2004	-11.5	-18.4 – -4

30 – 44
0 joinpoints	1980 – 2004	+2.42	+2.0 – +2.8	1 joinpoint	1980 – 1990	-2.7	-5.6 – +0.3
				1990	1990 – 2004	2.83	+0.9 – +4.7

45 – 59
0 joinpoints	1980 – 2004	-0.3	-0.7 – +0.2	1 joinpoint	1980 – 1988	-9.2	-12.7 – -5.5
				1988	1988 – 2004	+0.8	-0.6 – +2.2

60 and over
0 joinpoints	1980 – 2004	-1.0	-1.5 – -0.6	0 joinpoints	1980 – 2004	-3.0	-3.72 – -2.3

¹Estimated annual percentage change in rate ²95% confidence interval
Stark et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:80 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-80