Table 1.

Hazard Ratios of Suicide Mortality Risk, U.S. Adults, 1986–2002 (N=1,055,943)

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
Sociodemographic
Sex (Female)
Male	3.97 **	4.14**	4.09 **	4.18 **	4.46 **	4.43 **
Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic white)
Nonwhite	0.63 **	0.60**	0.63 **	0.59 **	0.58 **	0.54 **
Family Relationships
Marital status (married)
Divorced or separated		1.83**	1.50 **	1.44 **	1.40 **	1.36 *
Never married		1.48**	1.26 **	1.22 *	1.18 *	1.20 **
Widowed		1.41**	1.23	1.18	1.14	1.17
Family size			0.85 **	0.86 **	0.83 **	0.84 **
Socioeconomic Status
Education (More than high school)
High school					1.36 **	1.32 *
Less than high school					1.43 **	1.29 *
Employment (employed)
Not currently working					1.70 **	1.53 **
Logged Adjusted Family Income				0.85 **	0.98	1.04
Geographic Area
Region (Northeast)
Midwest						1.18
South						1.37 **
West						1.63 **
Health Status
Self rated health						0.79 **
Log likelihood	−14546.63	−14517.55	−14504.52	−14494.05	−14454.02	−14400.98

^*p ≤ .05

^**p ≤ .01.

Note: Reference category listed in parentheses.

Source: 1986–2002 NHIS Linked Mortality Files.