Table 2.

Odds ratio for suicide among unemployed men and women actively searching for employment, compared to the employed

Unemployed	Men, N = 10 157 286		Women, N = 9 692 711
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
0–3 months	1.79**	1.20 – 2.67	1.86	0.77 – 4.49
3–6 months	1.88**	1.24 – 2.84	1.14	0.37 – 3.56
6–12 months	1.94**	1.30 – 2.89	2.51*	1.24 – 5.08
12–18 months	2.38**	1.43 – 3.96	0.56	0.08 – 4.01
18–24 months	0.76	0.36 – 1.61	1.61	0.60 – 4.32

Legend: Controlled for education level, marital status, age group and number of records. All results are relative to the employed men and women

^*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001