SUICIDE in RURAL & REMOTE AREAS of AUSTRALIA - Living is for ...
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<br />
Table 5. Descriptive stat<strong>is</strong>tics <strong>for</strong> <strong>in</strong>dependent variables by gender <strong>in</strong> regional areas<br />
Regional 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) 3.4 1.1 7.4 1.6 3.7 0.8 8.3 2.0<br />
Divorce (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 6.2 4.4 8.0 0.9 7.0 4.7 9.7 1.2<br />
Unemployment (% <strong>of</strong> employed pop) 7.7 2.9 21.3 4.0 7.4 4.0 13.9 2.4<br />
Agricultural employed (% <strong>of</strong> total employed pop) 10.0 0.7 31.3 8.4 2.2 0.2 6.9 2.0<br />
Overseas born (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 11.4 6.0 22.0 3.9 12.5 6.0 22.2 4.9<br />
Year 12 education (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 23.6 16.5 34.9 4.9 26.4 18.5 37.2 5.1<br />
Overseas <strong>in</strong> the past year (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.7 0.2 1.7 0.4<br />
H<strong>in</strong>di (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1<br />
Islam (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1<br />
Chr<strong>is</strong>tian (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 67.6 55.2 80.1 6.0 72.4 58.5 83.1 6.4<br />
Buddh<strong>is</strong>t (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 1.6 0.4<br />
Catholic (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 22.1 15.1 30.0 4.1 23.3 16.0 31.3 4.9<br />
Family with children (couple with a child) (% <strong>of</strong> total pop) 48.1 36.0 52.6 4.4 49.2 48.3 49.9 0.5<br />
Average <strong>in</strong>come per capita ($ per week) $545.7 $385.5 $767.6 $108.8 $337.1 $297.8 $408.9 $31.5<br />
Expend. on antidepressants per capita ($ per year) $15.8 $9.6 $24.6 $3.6 $24.3 $14.4 $32.5 $4.3<br />
Expend. on other psychotr. meds. per capita ($ per year) $22.9 $7.4 $43.4 $10.9 $12.5 $6.9 $18.5 $3.0<br />
Psychiatr<strong>is</strong>t services per 100 persons 5.9 0.0 52.1 11.6 9.3 0.2 74.6 18.2<br />
GP services per 100 persons 542.1 0.0 2999.9 588.5 789.9 6.5 4123.3 883.5<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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