Table 2.

Hazard Ratios of Suicide Mortality Risk by Sex, U.S. Adults, 1986–2002.

	Males			Females
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Test: Males vs. Females^a
Sociodemographic
Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic white)
Nonwhite	0.60 ^**	0.57 ^**	0.52 ^**	0.61 ^*	0.65 ^*	0.61 ^*	(χ²=0.5; df=1; p=0.50)
Family Relationships
Marital status (married)							(χ²=36.0; df=3; p≤0.01)
Divorced or separated	1.94 ^**	1.53 ^**	1.39 ^*	1.59 ^*	1.30	1.42
Never married	1.52 ^**	1.26 ^**	1.22 ^**	1.50	1.19	1.34
Widowed	1.97 ^**	1.68 ^**	1.60 ^**	1.33	1.10	1.18
Family size		0.87 ^**	0.85 ^**		0.81 ^**	0.77 ^**	(χ²=1.14; df=1; p=0.29)
Socioeconomic Status
Education (More than high school)							(χ²=286; df=2; p≤0.01)
High school			1.40 ^**			1.13
Less than high school			1.47 ^**			0.77
Employment (employed)
Not currently working			1.38 ^**			1.95 ^**	(χ²=0.72; df=1; p=0.39)
Logged Adjusted Family Income		0.81 ^**	0.99		0.97	1.21	(χ²=2.82; df=1; p=0.09)
Geographic Area
Region (Northeast)							(χ²=7306; df=3; p≤0.01)
Midwest			1.13			1.37 ^**
South			1.40 ^**			1.25
West			1.57 ^**			1.85 ^**
Health Status
Self rated health			0.82 ^**			0.71 ^**	(χ²=0.05; df=1; p=0.82)
Log likelihood	−10387.43	−10366.14	−10305.47	−3224.44	−3218.81	−3178.65

p ≤ .05

^**

p ≤ .01.

Note: Reference category listed in parentheses.

These tests come from a model based on Model 3 that pools men and women and tests the significance of interactions between sex and the covariate of interest. Source: 1986–2002 NHIS Linked Mortality Files.