Table 1.

Rate ratio of mental disorder mortality between urban and rural residents by region, sex, and age in China, 2009–2019.

		Urban		Rural
Subgroup		Total people	Mortality rate (per 100,000)	Total people	Mortality rate (per 100,000)	RR (95% CI)	p-value
Region	Eastern	2,642	0.57	3,873	0.51	0.825 (0.755–0.901)	<0.001
	Central	1,350	0.44	3,382	0.47	0.987 (0.901–1.083)	0.789
	Western	1777	0.68	5,154	1.11	1.310 (1.195–1.435)	<0.001
Sex	Male	3,464	0.83	7,897	0.68	1.079 (0.986–1.181)	0.096
	Female	2,305	0.46	4,512	0.44	0.927 (0.847–1.014)	0.096
Age	≤39	1,060	0.18	2,505	0.13	0.956 (0.703–1.301)	0.771
	40–64	3,032	0.31	6,334	0.28	0.928 (0.660–1.305)	0.660
	≥65	1,677	0.16	2,570	0.15	1.036 (0.582–1.844)	0.904
Overall		5,768	0.56	12,409	0.65