Table 3.

Factors related to suicide, Russian and Estonian suicide victims in comparison with controls (odds ratio, OR, using conditional logistic regression)

	Suicide victims
	Russians		Estonians
Factors	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Sociodemographic
Family status:
no partner	1.8 (1.1-2.8)	0.018	3.2 (2.1-5.0)	<0.001
partner	1.0		1.0
Socio-economic status:
unemployed	4.6 (2.1-9.8)	<0.001	7.3 (3.3-16.1)	<0.001
inactive	2.9 (1.3-6.5)	0.009	3.7 (2.0-6.9)	<0.001
employed	1.0		1.0
Substance use pattern:
substance dependence and abuse	12.3 (5.8-26.1)	<0.001	10.8 (5.7-20.4)	<0.001
abstinence	3.2 (1.4-7.3)	0.006	4.9 (2.2-10.9)	<0.001
moderate use	1.0		1.0
Recent life events (last 3 mo)
Somatic illness:
present	4.3 (2.1-8.9)	<0.001	2.5 (1.6-4.0)	<0.001
absent	1.0		1.0
Illness in family:
present	0.7 (0.4-1.5)	0.371	0.7 (0.3-1.5)	0.321
absent	1.0		1.0
Death:
present	0.2 (0.1-0.6)	0.001	0.9 (0.4-1.6)	0.622
absent	1.0		1.0
Family discord:
present	7.5 (3.6-15.7)	<0.001	5.5 (3.1-9.7)	<0.001
absent	1.0		1.0
Separation:
present	11.0 (3.4-35.9)	<0.001	4.1 (1.9-8.9)	<0.001
absent	1.0		1.0
Financial deterioration:
present	1.4 (0.8-2.4)	0.260	1.6 (1.0-2.5)	0.039
absent	1.0		1.0
Loss of job:
present	4.0 (1.3-2.0)	0.013	Not calculable	<0.001
absent	1.0
Change of residence:
present	0.9 (0.5-1.8)	0.866	0.5 (0.3-0.9)	0.022
absent	1.0		1.0