Table 2. Rate of suicide for the study population and for subgroups in the study population.
Subgroup | Number of suicides | Exposure time (number of person-years) | Suicides per 100,000 person-years | Rate ratio compared to 1st category | 95% confidence interval of rate ratio |
Whole population | 227 | 1,961,247 | 11.57 | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 214 | 1,575,434 | 13.58 | 1.00 | |
Female | 13 | 385,813 | 3.37 | 0.25 | (0.19-0.33) |
Age group (in quartiles) | |||||
≤23.4 | 75 | 477,842 | 15.70 | 1.00 | |
>23.4 and ≤27.9 | 57 | 475,635 | 11.98 | 0.76 | (0.64-0.91) |
>27.9 and ≤35.5 | 43 | 485,280 | 8.86 | 0.57 | (0.47-0.68) |
>35.5 | 52 | 522,491 | 9.95 | 0.63 | (0.53-0.76) |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 82 | 658,558 | 12.45 | 1.00 | |
Married | 119 | 1,175,599 | 10.12 | 0.81 | (0.71-0.94) |
Divorced or widowed | 26 | 127,090 | 20.46 | 1.64 | (1.32-2.05) |