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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):307–318. doi: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.307

Table 2.

Age-adjusted gender differences in the incidence rate of first occurrence of suicidal ideation in the total sample, and the non-depressed and non-depressed and/or non-anxious subsamples.


Incidence Rate (95% CI) Incidence Rate Ratio (95% CI)
Females Males (F vs. M)
Total Sample
 Never smoker 37.9 (36.8, 39.1) 33.6 (32.0, 35.3) 1.13 (1.06, 1.19)
 Former smoker 59.9 (58.5, 61.2) 36.8 (36.0, 37.6) 1.63 (1.57, 1.68)
 Current smoker 83.3 (81.4, 85.3) 72.5 (70.4, 74.5) 1.15 (1.11, 1.19)
Depressive Disorder
 Never smoker 65.0 (61.1, 68.9) - -
 Former smoker 126.8 (121.7, 131.9) 96.2 (90.9, 101.5) 1.32 (1.23, 1.41)
 Current smoker 152.5 (146.2, 158.7) 199.4 (183.4, 215.4) 0.76 (0.70, 0.84)
No Depressive Disorder
 Never smoker 26.9 (26.0, 27.8) 18.3 (17.2, 19.3) 1.47 (1.38, 1.57)
 Former smoker 33.9 (32.9, 34.8) 24.3 (23.7, 24.9) 1.39 (1.34, 1.44)
 Current smoker 54.6 (52.8, 56.4) 41.8 (40.6, 43.1) 1.31 (1.25, 1.37)
Depressive and/or Anxiety Disorder
 Never smoker 38.7 (37.2, 40.3) - -
 Former smoker 61.1 (59.4, 63.8) 48.0 (46.4, 49.7) 1.27 (1.22, 1.33)
 Current smoker 77.5 (75.5, 79.5) 80.9 (77.8, 84.1) 0.96 (0.91, 1.00)
No Depressive and/or Anxiety Disorder
 Never smoker 36.3 (34.7, 37.8) 33.7 (31.2, 36.2) 1.08 (0.99, 1.17)
 Former smoker 57.2 (54.9, 59.5) 27.5 (26.6, 28.4) 2.08 (1.98, 2.19)
 Current smoker 102.2 (96.9, 107.5) 63.0 (60.4, 65.5) 1.62 (1.52, 1.73)
-

Indicate no estimate available due to no events among males