Table 2.
Estimates of coefficients from interrupted time-series analyses: weekly number of suicide attempts and suicide deaths
| Variable | Estimate | s.e. | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | |||
| Weekly number of suicide attempts | ||||
| Suicide attempts (total) | ||||
| Intercept | 99.94*** | 3.45 | 93.14 | 106.73 |
| Time (W) | 0.11*** | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| Early COVID | −4.25 | 9.16 | −22.27 | 13.78 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate | 1.54** | 0.53 | 0.49 | 2.60 |
| PolicyChange | 1.34 | 11.55 | −21.38 | 24.07 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate | −0.36 | 1.06 | −2.45 | 1.73 |
| Suicide attempts (by sex) | ||||
| Intercept | 65.77*** | 2.02 | 61.79 | 69.74 |
| Sex | −31.61*** | 2.89 | −37.28 | −25.93 |
| Time (W) | 0.08*** | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Time (W) × Sex | −0.04* | 0.02 | −0.08 | −0.01 |
| Early COVID | 1.17 | 6.07 | −10.75 | 13.08 |
| Early COVID × Sex | −5.38 | 8.39 | −21.86 | 11.09 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate | 1.09** | 0.35 | 0.40 | 1.79 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate × Sex | −0.78 | 0.49 | −1.74 | 0.18 |
| PolicyChange | 0.21 | 7.73 | −14.96 | 15.38 |
| PolicyChange × Sex | 1.36 | 10.62 | −19.50 | 22.23 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate | 0.00 | 0.70 | −1.38 | 1.38 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate × Sex | 0.05 | 0.95 | −1.81 | 1.91 |
| Weekly number of suicide deaths | ||||
| Suicide deaths (total) | ||||
| Intercept | 9.14*** | 0.76 | 7.63 | 10.64 |
| Time (W) | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Early COVID | −1.40 | 2.15 | −5.62 | 2.83 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate | 0.18 | 0.12 | −0.06 | 0.42 |
| PolicyChange | 0.80 | 2.97 | −5.04 | 6.65 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate | −0.42 | 0.23 | −0.87 | 0.04 |
| Suicide deaths (by sex) | ||||
| Intercept | 3.17*** | 0.37 | 2.45 | 3.89 |
| Sex | 2.65*** | 0.52 | 1.64 | 3.66 |
| Time (W) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Time (W) × Sex | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Early COVID | −0.72 | 1.25 | −3.17 | 1.73 |
| Early COVID × Sex | 0.45 | 1.76 | −3.00 | 3.91 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate | 0.06 | 0.07 | −0.08 | 0.20 |
| Early COVID_WeelyRate × Sex | 0.02 | 0.10 | −0.18 | 0.22 |
| PolicyChange | 0.49 | 1.72 | −2.89 | 3.86 |
| PolicyChange × Sex | 0.09 | 2.40 | −4.63 | 4.82 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate | −0.12 | 0.13 | −0.38 | 0.15 |
| PolicyChange_WeelyRate × Sex | −0.14 | 0.19 | −0.51 | 0.23 |
Note. Sex was dummy coded (female = 0 and male = 1).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.