Table 2.
Conditional Poisson models for daily suicides among men and women in the five main Colombian cities, 2005–2015.
| Variables | Men | Women | All | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR | 95% CI | p | IRR | 95% CI | p | IRR | CI 95% | p | |
| Temperature | 1.01 | 0.97–1.05 | 0.51 | 1.06 | 0.98–1.16 | 0.15 | 1.02 | 0.99–1.06 | 0.21 |
| Rainfall | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | 0.61 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.73 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | 0.74 |
| Special dates (Ref: Regular working day) | |||||||||
| Weekday holiday | 1.04 | 0.88–1.24 | 0.62 | 1.12 | 0.79–1.58 | 0.52 | 1.05 | 0.91–1.23 | 0.49 |
| Long weekend | 1.12 | 0.97–1.31 | 0.13 | 1.51 | 1.14–2.00 | <0.01 | 1.19 | 1.04–1.23 | 0.01 |
| Special day without the day off | 1.10 | 0.81–1.51 | 0.54 | 1.49 | 0.83–2.67 | 2.67 | 1.17 | 0.88–1.54 | 0.27 |
| *Temperature (deviation from mean) | 1.01 | 0.97–1.06 | 0.55 | 1.08 | 0.98–1.18 | 0.11 | 1.03 | 0.99–1.07 | 0.21 |
* Estimations obtained from independent models using deviation of historical average temperature by city. In these models, other coefficients did not change. IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio. CI: confidence interval.