Table 1: Social capital, sociodemographic characteristics, and suicide SMRs of the 26 municipalities in Miyazaki Prefecture.

- The earlier period
(based on 2007)
The later period
(based on 2014)
- Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Social capital scales - -
Social cohesion (%) 47 (20) 53 (25)
Social participation of older people (%) 72 (13) 61 (12) *
Sociodemographic characteristics - -
Population density (pop./km2) 143 (145) 135 (144) *
Proportion of older people (%) 28.4 (6.3) 30.6 (4.7) *
Annual divorce rate (%) 2.1 (0.7) 1.9 (0.5)
Unemployment rate (%) 5.1 (1.6) 3.8 (1.3) *
Proportion of workers engaged
in primary industries (%)
22.7 (9.6) 21.6 (10.4) *
- The earlier period
(from 2004 to 2008)
The later period
(from 2012 to 2016)
Suicide SMR - -
Male 162 (73) 109 (43) *
Female 153 (81) 97 (60) *

*:p<0.05 (paired T-test).