SUICIDE in RURAL & REMOTE AREAS of AUSTRALIA - Living is for ...
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Suicide <strong>in</strong> rural and remote areas <strong>of</strong> Australia 29<br />
Table 4. Descriptive stat<strong>is</strong>tics <strong>for</strong> <strong>in</strong>dependent variables by gender <strong>in</strong> metropolitan areas<br />
Metropolitan areas<br />
Males Females<br />
Variables Mean M<strong>in</strong> Max SD Mean M<strong>in</strong> Max SD<br />
AB and TSI (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 1.6 0.9 3.3 0.6 1.6 0.9 3.4 0.7<br />
Divorce (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 6.2 4.0 9.6 1.3 8.0 5.7 11.2 1.3<br />
Unemployment (% <strong>of</strong> employed pop) 7.5 3.1 14.4 3.4 7.1 3.4 11.7 2.4<br />
Agricultural employed (% <strong>of</strong> total employed pop) 1.1 0.3 4.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.3<br />
Overseas born (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 21.3 14.9 29.6 4.1 21.3 14.7 29.6 4.2<br />
Year 12 education (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 34.4 20.9 56.3 10.0 34.5 21.7 58.2 10.0<br />
Overseas <strong>in</strong> the past year (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 1.7 0.4 5.4 1.1 1.7 0.5 6.0 1.2<br />
H<strong>in</strong>di (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 0.3<br />
Islam (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.7 0.1 2.2 0.5 0.6 0.1 2.0 0.5<br />
Chr<strong>is</strong>tian (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 64.7 46.4 71.3 5.1 69.7 52.8 76.4 4.8<br />
Buddh<strong>is</strong>t (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 1.3 0.3 3.6 0.9 1.4 0.4 3.8 1.0<br />
Catholic (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 23.4 19.3 29.5 2.9 24.8 20.4 31.5 3.3<br />
Family with children (couple with a child) (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 48.6 8.7 16.4 63.0 49.2 48.7 50.5 0.4<br />
Average <strong>in</strong>come per capita ($ per week) $611.9 $455.2 $858.5 $113.5 $398.3 $301.2 $616.6 $85.4<br />
Expend. on antidepressants per capita ($ per year) $15.0 $9.9 $23.5 $3.2 $23.8 $16.8 $33.4 $4.1<br />
Expend. on other psychotropic drugs per capita ($ per year) $25.6 $8.6 $61.6 $12.0 $14.8 $6.8 $28.3 $5.0<br />
Psychiatr<strong>is</strong>t services per 100 persons 9.4 1.0 22.5 5.6 15.1 1.9 35.6 9.9<br />
GP services per 100 persons 410.9 116.8 597.1 122.9 560.6 151.6 825.1 165.8<br />
Data sources: Australian Bureau <strong>of</strong> Stat<strong>is</strong>tics, 2001a; Australian Bureau <strong>of</strong> Stat<strong>is</strong>tics, 2006c; Department <strong>of</strong> Health and Age<strong>in</strong>g, 2010a, b.<br />
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