Table 5.

Change (SE) in suicide rate per 100 000 population between 1981-5 and 1986-92 associated with SD increase in social fragmentation and Townsend score between 1981 and 1991

	Change in social fragmentation score	Change in Townsend score
Unadjusted
Males
<25	0.66 (0.15)**	0.62 (0.16)**
25-44	0.91 (0.31)*	0.91 (0.31)*
45-64	0.85 (0.30)*	1.28 (0.33)**
⩾65	0.66 (0.42)	0.89 (0.46)
Females
<25	0.37 (0.08)**	0.56 (0.08)**
25-44	0.60 (0.14)**	0.61 (0.15)**
45-64	0.15 (0.21)	0.50 (0.21)*
⩾65	0.00 (0.23)	0.66 (0.25)*
Reciprocally adjusted
Males
<25	0.67 (0.18)**	0.02 (0.19)
25-44	0.86 (0.35)*	0.25 (0.38)
45-64	1.07 (0.35)*	−0.43 (0.40)
⩾65	0.96 (0.48)	−0.66 (0.55)
Females
<25	0.18 (0.09)	0.42 (0.10)**
25-44	0.62 (0.16)**	−0.02 (0.18)
45-64	0.13 (0.24)	0.05 (0.27)
⩾65	0.00 (0.27)	0.05 (0.30)

^*P<0.01, ^**P<0.001.