The positive association between better conditions of farming
production – micro-regions with larger farms, greater productivity
(higher production value/area) and higher mechanization level –
could be markers of intensive pesticide use justifying their positive
association with suicide rates (especially male suicide) in this kind
of farms. Besides that, this result also may be related to greater
threat of insolvency faced by farmers who have more to lose if
farming fails. Farming fails could cause psychological distress not
only in farmers but also in all micro-region population.