Table 3.
Association of suicide rates with the two measures of community social capital
| Contextual variable | Number of suicides |
Rate ratio (95% confidence interval) estimated with control for |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, sex, country of birth | Plus marital status | Plus all background contextual variables | ||||||
| Social capital (perceptive/behavioural) |
Low |
2434 |
1.31 |
(1.24–1.40) |
1.15 |
(1.08–1.22) |
1.08 |
(1.02–1.16) |
| Medium |
1902 |
1.02 |
(0.96–1.09) |
0.98 |
(0.92–1.04) |
0.98 |
(0.92–1.05) |
|
| High |
1871 |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
|
| Social capital (structural/demographic) |
High |
2254 |
1.22 |
(1.15–1.30) |
1.08 |
(1.02–1.15) |
1.02 |
(0.96–1.09) |
| Medium |
2014 |
1.10 |
(1.04–1.18) |
1.05 |
(0.99–1.12) |
1.03 |
(0.97–1.10) |
|
| Low | 1939 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Results of multivariate regression analyses.