Table 5. Adjusted odds ratiosa and 95% confidence intervals for suicide versus undetermined manner of death classification by injury mechanism/cause according to documentation of a suicide note and other selected psychological/psychiatric characteristics: 17 National Violent Death Reporting System states, 2011–2013.
| Mechanism/Cause | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug intoxication | Gunshot/Hanging | |||
| Suicide note | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | n | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | n |
| yes | 45.43 (31.06, 66.58)c | 1,792 | 8.06 (3.94, 16.49)c | 7,244 |
| no/unknown | 1.00 | 4,813 | 1.00 | 17,604 |
| Prior suicide attempt | ||||
| yes | 2.64 (2.19, 3.18)c | 1,782 | 1.32 (0.79, 2.19) | 3,680 |
| no/unknown | 1.00 | 4,823 | 1.00 | 21,168 |
| Mental diagnosis | ||||
| depression | 1.48 (1.17, 1.87)b | 2,470 | 1.26 (0.74, 2.15) | 6,579 |
| bipolar disorder | 1.39 (0.98, 1.97) | 445 | 0.61 (0.26, 1.39) | 753 |
| anxiety disorder | 0.62 (0.38, 1.00) | 171 | 2.20 (0.30, 16.41) | 385 |
| other | 1.54 (0.93, 2.55) | 157 | 1.68 (0.40, 7.10) | 517 |
| no/unknown | 1.00 | 3,362 | 1.00 | 16,614 |
a Adjusted for autopsy status, blood alcohol concentration, specification of one or more drugs, selection mode of chief medical examiner/coroner, accreditation status/type of medicolegal death investigation system, mental treatment, recent crisis, number of personal problems, physical problem, age, sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, and county urbanicity.
b p < 0.01
c p < 0.001