Considering the fluid nature of social dynamics, there still seems to be a relation there. >By the time of the outbreak of the civil war in 1983, Sri Lankan su

Considering the fluid nature of social dynamics, there still seems to be a relation there. >By the time of the outbreak of the civil war in 1983, Sri Lankan suicide rates were already extremely high Civil wars don't just spontaneously start for no reason. They start because people have been unhappy for a long time. Notice also that the suicide rate began peaking during the Elam War II phase of the civil war, a time of "unprecedented brutality", and then began declining at the time of the ceasefire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War