Table 8.

Proportionate mortality ratio in first generation NHW immigrants, selected area of birth, California, 1989–1999

Suicide	Male			Female
Place of birth	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)
NHW US-born	20,441	–	–	5,483	–	–
Anglo-Saxon	426	75.42	5.65 (5.12–6.21)	145	33.97	4.27 (3.60–5.02)
Northern Europe	61	9.75	6.25 (4.78–8.03)	20	4.16	4.81 (2.94–7.43)
Western Europe	236	42.85	5.51 (4.83–6.26)	106	18.84	5.63 (4.61–6.80)
Southern Europe	82	21.51	3.81 (3.03–4.73)	11	7.07	1.56 (0.78–2.78)
Eastern Europe	143	20.31	7.04 (5.93–8.29)	43	7.51	5.73 (4.15–7.72)
Former USSR	95	21.48	4.42 (3.58–5.41)	28	8.68	3.23 (2.14–4.66)
Middle East	143	58.5	2.44 (2.06–2.88)	38	21.11	1.80 (1.27–2.47)
Arab Middle East	50	25.46	1.96 (1.46–2.59)	13	8.53	1.52 (0.81–2.60)
Non-Arab Middle East	93	33.04	2.81 (2.27–3.45)	25	12.58	1.99 (1.29–2.93)