Table 1 Longitudinal association between household gun ownership and suicide mortality: percent decrease in mortality rate for each 10% decrease in household firearm ownership level (1981–2001), adjusted for age, unemployment, poverty, per capita alcohol consumption, and region of the country.

	% Decrease in firearm suicide rate (95% CI)	% Decrease in non‐firearm suicide rate (95% CI)	% Decrease in overall suicide rate (95% CI)
Total population	4.2% (2.3%–6.1%)***	0.3% (−1.4%–2.3%)	2.5% (1.4%–3.6%)***
Males	3.4% (2.8%–4.1%)***	1.1% (−0.7%–2.9%)	2.3% (1.7%–2.9%)***
Females	3.4% (1.9%–4.9%)***	−0.5% (−1.9%–1.9%)	1.0% (0.4%–1.6)**
Children (0–19 years of age)	8.3% (6.1%–10.5%)***	−0.4.% (−2.9%–2.1%)	4.1% (2.3%–5.9%)***