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Table 4 Observed and fitted male suicide data by model St+1 = 1.069 × 0.0055–1.116 × 0.00552 + 5 × 0.00553

From: Social complexity, modernity and suicide: an assessment of Durkheim’s suicide from the perspective of a non-linear analysis of complex social systems

a

b(1)

b(2)

c

d

e

f

g (1)

g (2)

h

Years

M

Observed suicide growth rates st

M

Observed St

zM

Obs.St

(b and f)

M

Predicted St

zM Predic St

M

Fitted St

Residues b(2) − f from 1875

% Residues (f/b(2)) × 100

M

Fitted derivative or suicide growth rates St+1 − St

R2 = 0.999

1873

5.80

        

1874

5.57

11.37

       

1875

5.43

16.80

−1.70

0.005500

−1.61

49.65

−32.85

−195.56

 

1876

6.18

22.98

−1.68

0.005847

−1.61

53.14

−30.16

−131.26

3.49

1877

6.58

29.56

−1.67

0.006213

−1.60

56.83

−27.27

−92.26

3.69

1878

6.58

36.14

−1.65

0.006600

−1.59

60.73

−24.59

−68.03

3.90

1879

7.12

43.26

−1.63

0.007008

−1.57

64.84

−21.58

−49.88

4.11

1880

7.10

50.36

−1.61

0.007438

−1.56

69.17

−18.81

−37.36

4.33

1881

7.51

57.87

−1.59

0.007892

−1.55

73.74

−15.87

−27.42

4.57

1882

8.10

65.97

−1.57

0.008369

−1.54

78.55

−12.58

−19.07

4.81

1883

8.09

74.06

−1.55

0.008872

−1.53

83.60

−9.54

−12.89

5.05

1884

7.68

81.74

−1.53

0.009399

−1.51

88.92

−7.18

−8.78

5.32

1885

8.09

89.83

−1.51

0.009954

−1.50

94.50

−4.67

−5.20

5.58

1886

6.84

96.67

−1.49

0.010535

−1.48

100.35

−3.68

−3.81

5.85

1887

7.98

104.65

−1.47

0.011144

−1.47

106.48

−1.83

−1.75

6.13

1888

8.58

113.23

−1.45

0.011781

−1.45

112.90

0.33

0.29

6.42

1889

7.62

120.85

−1.43

0.012447

−1.43

119.61

1.24

1.03

6.71

1890

8.97

129.82

−1.41

0.013143

−1.42

126.61

3.21

2.47

7.00

1891

9.08

138.90

−1.38

0.013868

−1.40

133.92

4.98

3.59

7.31

1892

9.09

147.99

−1.36

0.014624

−1.38

141.52

6.47

4.37

7.60

1893

9.29

157.28

−1.34

0.015410

−1.36

149.44

7.84

4.99

7.92

1894

8.90

166.18

−1.31

0.016226

−1.34

157.66

8.52

5.13

8.22

1895

9.65

175.83

−1.29

0.017073

−1.31

166.19

9.64

5.48

8.53

1896

10.15

185.98

−1.26

0.017951

−1.29

175.03

10.95

5.89

8.84

1897

9.52

195.50

−1.24

0.018859

−1.27

184.17

11.33

5.80

9.14

1898

10.24

205.74

−1.21

0.019797

−1.24

193.61

12.13

5.89

9.44

1899

9.96

215.70

−1.19

0.020764

−1.22

203.36

12.34

5.72

9.75

1900

10.03

225.73

−1.16

0.021760

−1.19

213.39

12.34

5.47

10.03

1901

9.86

235.59

−1.14

0.022785

−1.17

223.70

11.89

5.05

10.31

1902

9.72

245.31

−1.11

0.023837

−1.14

234.30

11.01

4.49

10.60

1903

9.43

254.74

−1.09

0.024915

−1.11

245.15

9.59

3.76

10.85

1904

10.42

265.16

−1.06

0.026019

−1.08

256.27

8.89

3.35

11.12

1905

11.37

276.53

−1.03

0.027147

−1.05

267.63

8.90

3.22

11.36

1906

10.65

287.18

−1.00

0.028298

−1.02

279.21

7.97

2.77

11.58

1907

11.00

298.18

−0.97

0.029470

−0.99

291.02

7.16

2.40

11.81

1908

12.48

310.66

−0.94

0.030662

−0.96

303.02

7.64

2.46

12.00

1909

13.55

324.21

−0.91

0.031872

−0.93

315.21

9.00

2.78

12.19

1910

12.95

337.16

−0.87

0.033100

−0.90

327.57

9.59

2.84

12.36

1911

11.38

348.54

−0.85

0.034342

−0.87

340.08

8.46

2.43

12.51

1912

12.57

361.11

−0.81

0.035598

−0.83

352.73

8.38

2.32

12.65

1913

13.08

374.19

−0.78

0.036866

−0.80

365.49

8.70

2.32

12.76

1914

13.00

387.19

−0.75

0.038143

−0.77

378.36

8.83

2.28

12.87

1915

12.78

399.97

−0.71

0.039429

−0.73

391.30

8.67

2.17

12.94

1916

9.96

409.93

−0.69

0.040721

−0.70

404.31

5.62

1.37

13.01

1917

10.03

419.96

−0.66

0.042018

−0.67

417.37

2.59

0.62

13.06

1918

10.70

430.66

−0.63

0.043318

−0.63

430.46

0.20

0.05

13.09

1919

10.47

441.13

−0.61

0.044619

−0.60

443.56

−2.43

−0.55

13.10

1920

10.23

451.36

−0.58

0.045920

−0.57

456.66

−5.30

−1.17

13.10

1921

11.59

462.95

−0.55

0.047220

−0.53

469.75

−6.80

−1.47

13.09

1922

12.35

475.30

−0.52

0.048516

−0.50

482.80

−7.50

−1.58

13.05

1923

13.12

488.42

−0.49

0.049808

−0.47

495.81

−7.39

−1.51

13.01

1924

14.56

502.98

−0.45

0.051094

−0.43

508.76

−5.78

−1.15

12.95

1925

14.08

517.06

−0.41

0.052373

−0.40

521.63

−4.57

−0.88

12.87

1926

15.05

532.11

−0.37

0.053643

−0.37

534.43

−2.32

−0.44

12.80

1927

16.29

548.40

−0.33

0.054905

−0.33

547.14

1.26

0.23

12.71

1928

14.71

563.11

−0.29

0.056157

−0.30

559.74

3.37

0.60

12.60

1929

13.42

576.53

−0.26

0.057398

−0.27

572.24

4.29

0.74

12.50

1930

14.67

591.20

−0.22

0.058627

−0.24

584.61

6.59

1.11

12.37

1931

15.60

606.80

−0.18

0.059844

−0.21

596.87

9.93

1.64

12.26

1932

14.92

621.72

−0.14

0.061048

−0.17

608.99

12.73

2.05

12.12

1933

13.62

635.34

−0.11

0.062239

−0.14

620.98

14.36

2.26

11.99

1934

13.05

648.39

−0.07

0.063416

−0.11

632.83

15.56

2.40

11.85

1935

11.38

659.77

−0.04

0.064579

−0.08

644.54

15.23

2.31

11.71

1936

11.95

671.72

−0.01

0.065727

−0.05

656.11

15.61

2.32

11.57

1937

11.40

683.12

0.02

0.066861

−0.02

667.52

15.60

2.28

11.41

1938

11.90

695.02

0.05

0.067980

0.00

678.79

16.23

2.34

11.27

1939

10.29

705.31

0.07

0.069084

0.03

689.91

15.40

2.18

11.12

1940

8.85

714.16

0.10

0.070173

0.06

700.87

13.29

1.86

10.96

1941

7.83

721.99

0.12

0.071247

0.09

711.69

10.30

1.43

10.82

1942

7.79

729.78

0.14

0.072306

0.12

722.36

7.42

1.02

10.67

1943

7.66

737.44

0.16

0.073351

0.14

732.88

4.56

0.62

10.52

1944

5.94

743.38

0.17

0.074381

0.17

743.25

0.13

0.02

10.37

1945

6.92

750.30

0.19

0.075397

0.20

753.47

−3.17

−0.42

10.22

1946

7.78

758.08

0.21

0.076398

0.22

763.56

−5.48

−0.72

10.09

1947

8.79

766.87

0.23

0.077385

0.25

773.50

−6.63

−0.86

9.94

1948

9.28

776.15

0.26

0.078359

0.27

783.30

−7.15

−0.92

9.80

1949

9.75

785.90

0.28

0.079319

0.30

792.97

−7.07

−0.90

9.67

1950

9.52

795.42

0.30

0.080266

0.32

802.50

−7.08

−0.89

9.53

1951

10.01

805.43

0.33

0.081200

0.35

811.91

−6.48

−0.80

9.41

1952

9.09

814.52

0.35

0.082121

0.37

821.19

−6.67

−0.82

9.28

1953

8.97

823.49

0.38

0.083030

0.39

830.34

−6.85

−0.83

9.15

1954

12.26

835.75

0.41

0.083928

0.42

839.38

−3.63

−0.43

9.04

1955

12.55

848.30

0.44

0.084814

0.44

848.30

0.00

0.00

8.92

1956

9.16

857.46

0.46

0.085689

0.46

857.11

0.35

0.04

8.81

1957

8.66

866.12

0.49

0.086553

0.49

865.81

0.31

0.04

8.70

1958

8.30

874.42

0.51

0.087406

0.51

874.41

0.01

0.00

8.60

1959

8.64

883.06

0.53

0.088250

0.53

882.90

0.16

0.02

8.49

1960

8.24

891.30

0.55

0.089085

0.55

891.30

0.00

0.00

8.40

1961

7.78

899.08

0.57

0.089910

0.57

899.61

−0.53

−0.06

8.31

1962

7.20

906.28

0.59

0.090726

0.59

907.83

−1.55

−0.17

8.22

1963

6.96

913.24

0.61

0.091534

0.61

915.97

−2.73

−0.30

8.14

1964

7.08

920.32

0.63

0.092334

0.64

924.02

−3.70

−0.40

8.05

1965

7.16

927.48

0.64

0.093127

0.66

932.00

−4.52

−0.49

7.98

1966

7.22

934.70

0.66

0.093912

0.68

939.91

−5.21

−0.56

7.91

1967

7.24

941.94

0.68

0.094691

0.70

947.75

−5.81

−0.62

7.84

1968

6.95

948.89

0.70

0.095463

0.72

955.53

−6.64

−0.70

7.78

1969

7.25

956.14

0.72

0.096229

0.74

963.25

−7.11

−0.74

7.72

1970

6.57

962.71

0.74

0.096990

0.76

970.91

−8.20

−0.85

7.66

1971

6.64

969.35

0.75

0.097746

0.78

978.52

−9.17

−0.95

7.61

1972

6.38

975.73

0.77

0.098498

0.80

986.09

−10.36

−1.06

7.57

1973

6.55

982.28

0.79

0.099245

0.81

993.61

−11.33

−1.15

7.52

1974

6.02

988.30

0.80

0.099988

0.83

1001.10

−12.80

−1.29

7.49

1975

6.01

994.31

0.82

0.100728

0.85

1008.55

−14.24

−1.43

7.45

1976

5.90

1000.21

0.83

0.101466

0.87

1015.97

−15.76

−1.58

7.42

1977

6.52

1006.73

0.85

0.102200

0.89

1023.37

−16.64

−1.65

7.40

1978

6.85

1013.58

0.87

0.102933

0.91

1030.75

−17.17

−1.69

7.38

1979

6.82

1020.40

0.88

0.103664

0.93

1038.11

−17.71

−1.74

7.36

1980

6.71

1027.11

0.90

0.104394

0.95

1045.46

−18.35

−1.79

7.35

1981

7.28

1034.39

0.92

0.105123

0.97

1052.81

−18.42

−1.78

7.35

1982

7.58

1041.97

0.94

0.105853

0.99

1060.15

−18.18

−1.74

7.34

1983

7.24

1049.21

0.96

0.106582

1.00

1067.49

−18.28

−1.74

7.34

1984

8.12

1057.33

0.98

0.107313

1.02

1074.85

−17.52

−1.66

7.36

1985

9.50

1066.83

1.00

0.108044

1.04

1082.22

−15.39

−1.44

7.37

1986

9.54

1076.37

1.03

0.108778

1.06

1089.61

−13.24

−1.23

7.39

1987

10.09

1086.46

1.05

0.109514

1.08

1097.02

−10.56

−0.97

7.41

1988

9.65

1096.11

1.08

0.110253

1.10

1104.46

−8.35

−0.76

7.44

1989

9.32

1105.43

1.10

0.110996

1.12

1111.94

−6.51

−0.59

7.48

1990

9.63

1115.06

1.13

0.111743

1.14

1119.46

−4.40

−0.39

7.52

1991

8.90

1123.96

1.15

0.112495

1.16

1127.03

−3.07

−0.27

7.57

1992

10.80

1134.76

1.18

0.113252

1.18

1134.65

0.11

0.01

7.62

1993

11.20

1145.96

1.21

0.114015

1.20

1142.34

3.62

0.32

7.69

1994

10.75

1156.71

1.23

0.114786

1.22

1150.10

6.61

0.57

7.76

1995

10.61

1167.32

1.26

0.115564

1.24

1157.93

9.39

0.80

7.83

1996

9.73

1177.05

1.29

0.116350

1.26

1165.85

11.20

0.95

7.92

1997

9.48

1186.53

1.31

0.117146

1.28

1173.87

12.66

1.07

8.02

1998

9.46

1195.99

1.34

0.117952

1.30

1181.98

14.01

1.17

8.11

1999

8.19

1204.18

1.36

0.118769

1.32

1190.21

13.97

1.16

8.23

2000

8.42

1212.60

1.38

0.119599

1.34

1198.56

14.04

1.16

8.35

2001

7.67

1220.27

1.40

0.120442

1.36

1207.05

13.22

1.08

8.49

2002

8.13

1228.40

1.42

0.121299

1.39

1215.68

12.72

1.04

8.63

2003

8.99

1237.39

1.44

0.122172

1.41

1224.47

12.92

1.04

8.79

2004

8.83

1246.22

1.46

0.123062

1.43

1233.44

12.78

1.03

8.97

2005

7.68

1253.90

1.48

0.123971

1.46

1242.59

11.31

0.90

9.15

2006

8.20

1262.10

1.51

0.124900

1.48

1251.94

10.16

0.80

9.35

2007

7.63

1269.73

1.53

0.125850

1.50

1261.51

8.22

0.65

9.57

2008

7.53

1277.26

1.54

0.126825

1.53

1271.33

5.93

0.46

9.82

2009

8.34

1285.60

1.57

0.127825

1.56

1281.40

4.20

0.33

10.07

2010

8.15

1293.75

1.59

0.128853

1.58

1291.75

2.00

0.15

10.35