Table 2.

association between prior diagnoses of mental health problems and predictors of suicide

	Common mental disorders	Severe mental illness	Alcohol/drugs related	All mental health diagnoses
	(N = 116)a	(N = 43)	(N = 50)	(N = 209)
	OR (& 95 % CI)	OR (& 95 % CI)	OR (& 95 % CI)	OR (& 95 % CI)
Gender: Male	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Female	1.31 (0.61, 2.86)	0.77 (0.28, 2.17)	0.29 (0.09, 0.98)*	0.93 (0.45, 1.92)
Age: <35	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
35–54	4.37 (2.26, 8.43)***	2.41 (0.93, 6.27)	6.07 (2.56, 14.38)***	4.31 (2.37, 7.85)***
55+	5.93 (2.53, 13.92)***	4.08 (1.30, 12.86)*	4.63 (1.47, 14.59)**	5.27 (2.40, 11.56)***
Living alone: No	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.42 (0.75, 2.70)	2.77 (1.20, 6.39)*	2.91 (1.35, 6.28)**	1.91 (1.08, 3.40)*
In paid work: yes	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
No	2.61 (1.23, 5.56)*	5.78 (1.93, 17.34)**	4.33 (1.63, 11.51)**	3.27 (1.64, 6.53)**
Social class: professional	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
(Semi) routine	3.04 (0.78, 11.79)	0.30 (0.06, 1.48)	4.11 (0.46, 36.46)	2.04 (0.61, 6.14)
Other	1.58 (0.39, 6.44)	0.36 (0.07, 1.83)	1.96 (0.21, 18.76)	1.16 (0.37, 3.66)
Locale: Urban	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Large towns	0.45 (0.22, 0.91)*	0.97 (0.37, 2.50)	0.99 (0.42, 2.32)	0.62 (0.34, 1.16)
Smaller towns	0.58 (0.19, 1.79)	1.25 (0.26, 6.10)	0.87 (0.19, 4.03)	0.72 (0.26, 1.99)
Rural	0.89 (0.42, 1.85)	1.67 (0.53, 5.22)	1.00 (0.35, 2.93)	1.00 (0.50, 1.97)
Prior attempts: no	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	2.21 (1.18, 4.16)*	1.89 (0.78, 4.59)	3.18 (1.41, 7.20)**	4.48 (2.35, 8.56)***
Consultation with psychiatrist in the twelve months prior to suicide:
No	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	3.56 (1.75, 4.16)*	10.84 (4.22, 27.84)***	3.51 (1.46, 7.20)**	2.33 (1.32, 4.12)**

***: p = 0.000; **: p < 0.005; *: p < 0.05

^ahere N represents the number of observations included in each of the stratified analyses-the numbers of people diagnosed with CMD, SMI etc. All models fully adjusted