Wars and Suicides in Israel, 1948–2006
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Studies on Wars and Suicides: A Brief History
1.2. Research Objectives
1.3. Israel’s Involvement in War
2. Method
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Existential Wars
Wars | Duration | Prewar Year | Postwar | ||||||
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National | Male | Female | Year | National | Male | Female | |||
War of | 8 months | (1946) | (14.9) | (15.1) | (14.6) | 1948 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.0 |
Independence | (5/14/1948–1/7/1949) | 1948 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 1949 | 17.7 | 24.0 | 10.9 |
Change % | –6.0% | –5.3% | –4.1% | 26.4% | 67.8% | –22.1% | |||
Six Day War | 6 days | 1966 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 1967 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 7.0 |
(6/5/1967–6/10/1967) | 1967 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 7.0 | 1968 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 12.4 | |
Change % | 0.0% | 7.60% | –11.4% | 42.4% | 24.20% | 77.1% | |||
Yom Kippur War | 37 days | 1972 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 1973 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 |
(10/6/1973–11/11/1973) | 1973 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 1974 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 8.5 | |
Change % | –27.7% | –21.6% | –34.2% | 22.3% | 33.0% | 7.6% |
Wars | Duration | Prewar | Postwar | ||||||
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Year | National | Male | Female | Year | National | Male | Female | ||
Suez War | 10 days | 1955 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 1956 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 16.9 |
(10/29/1956–11/5/1956) | 1956 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 16.9 | 1957 | 14.4 | 16.7 | 12.0 | |
Change % | 33.3% | 78.9% | –1.7% | –29.4% | –29.8% | –28.9% | |||
War of | 17 months | 1968 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 1970 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 9.4 |
Attrition | 1969 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 11.0 | 1971 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 11.5 | |
Change % | (3/8/1969–8/7/1970) | –2.1% | 3.8% | –11.3% | 14.7% | 8.1% | 22.3% | ||
1969 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 11.0 | ||||||
1970 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 9.4 | ||||||
Change % | –21.0% | –24.8% | –14.6% | ||||||
1st Lebanon War | 2 months | 1981 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 1982 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 6.2 |
(6/5/1982–8/18/1982) | 1982 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 6.2 | 1983 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 6.7 | |
Change % | –3.4% | –10.6% | –3.1% | 20.0% | 36.6% | 8.1% | |||
2nd Lebanon | 34 days | 2005 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 5.5 | ||||
War | (7/12/2006–8/14/2006) | 2006 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 4.0 | No | data are | available | yet |
Change % | –15.5% | –10.6% | –27.3% |
4.2. Wars over the Border
5. Conclusions
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