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. 2022 Apr 28;53(10):4364–4372. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722001155

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.