Table 3.
Risk of attempted suicide by socioeconomic indicators stratified by age and sex
| Age + sex adjusted IRR (95% CI)a | Sex stratified IRR (95% CI) | Age stratified IRR (95% CI)c | p value for interaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maleb | Femaleb | 10–25 | 26–40 | 41–55 | 56+ | Sex | Age | ||
| Community measured | |||||||||
| Deprivationd | |||||||||
| 0–4.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.37 | 0.04 |
| 4.5–5.2% | 1.31 (1.06, 1.62) | 1.13 (0.85, 1.51) | 1.52 (1.18, 1.96) | 1.37 (1.08, 1.74) | 1.40 (0.97, 2.02) | 0.94 (0.56, 1.57) | 1.40 (0.59, 3.32) | ||
| 5.3–7.3% | 1.05 (0.85, 1.30) | 0.92 (0.69, 1.23) | 1.18 (0.91, 1.53) | 1.09 (0.85, 1.39) | 1.19 (0.82, 1.73) | 0.65 (0.36, 1.17) | 0.49 (0.17, 1.43) | ||
| 7.4–9.4% | 1.19 (0.97, 1.46) | 1.07 (0.81, 1.41) | 1.31 (1.01, 1.69) | 1.21 (0.96, 1.54) | 1.31 (0.91, 1.88) | 0.94 (0.56, 1.58) | 0.89 (0.35, 2.25) | ||
| 9.5–28.2% | 1.42 (1.16, 1.73) | 1.40 (1.07, 1.83) | 1.43 (1.12, 1.83) | 1.33 (1.06, 1.68) | 1.56 (1.10, 2.22) | 1.81 (1.14, 2.87) | 1.11 (0.46, 2.68) | ||
| Household measures | |||||||||
| Asset score | |||||||||
| High | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Middle | 1.47 (1.33, 1.63) | 1.75 (1.51, 2.02) | 1.27 (1.1, 1.46) | 1.39 (1.22, 1.58) | 1.77 (1.44, 2.16) | 1.63 (1.18, 2.25) | 1.16 (0.67, 2.01) | 0.01 | 0.7 |
| Low | 1.67 (1.40, 2.00) | 1.71 (1.32, 2.22) | 1.65 (1.3, 2.09) | 1.61 (1.29, 2.01) | 2.42 (1.71, 3.43) | 1.26 (0.66, 2.39) | 0.57 (0.14, 2.38) | ||
| Non-graduate foreign employed | 1.47 (1.28, 1.68) | 1.52 (1.25, 1.86) | 1.42 (1.18, 1.71) | 1.43 (1.2, 1.71) | 1.47 (1.13, 1.93) | 1.84 (1.20, 2.82) | 1.59 (0.75, 3.37) | 0.62 | 0.96 |
| Young female headed household (≤ 40 years) | 1.41 (1.04, 1.93) | 1.73 (1.09, 2.76) | 1.27 (0.85, 1.91) | 1.70 (1.19, 2.44) | 1.13 (0.60, 2.13) | – | – | 0.53 | 0.05 |
| Individual measures | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| University/A-level | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| O-level | 2.17 (1.87, 2.52) | 3.31 (2.48, 4.40) | 1.88 (1.58, 2.25) | 2.03 (1.70, 2.41) | 2.99 (2.14, 4.17) | 2.59 (1.25, 5.36) | – | ||
| Primary | 2.25 (1.81, 2.80) | 4.37 (3.11, 6.13) | 1.28 (0.91, 1.81) | 1.05 (0.71, 1.55) | 4.29 (2.77, 6.64) | 3.93 (1.87, 8.27) | – | ||
| Not attended | 2.51 (1.70, 3.72) | 5.83 (3.44, 9.88) | 1.68 (0.89, 3.17) | 0.88 (0.28, 2.78) | 3.60 (1.59, 8.13) | 6.70 (2.8, 16.00) | – | ||
| Young female head of household (≤ 40 years) | 0.50 (0.19, 1.34) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Individual occupationa | |||||||||
| Government worker/graduate foreign employed | 0.25 (0.15, 0.42) | 0.33 (0.19, 0.60) | 0.22 (0.08, 0.62) | 0.12 (0.03, 0.50) | 0.23 (0.11, 0.50) | 0.49 (0.22, 1.07) | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Farmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Security forces | 0.34 (0.25, 0.46) | 0.32 (0.23, 0.44) | 0.57 (0.14, 2.40) | 0.34 (0.22, 0.53) | 0.27 (0.16, 0.47) | 0.50 (0.18, 1.38) | – | ||
| Businessmen | 0.66 (0.43, 1.01) | 0.64 (0.39, 1.04) | 0.91 (0.38, 2.18) | 0.69 (0.31, 1.54) | 0.45 (0.22, 0.94) | 0.98 (0.44, 2.17) | 1.36 (0.31, 5.84) | ||
| Self-employed | 0.79 (0.62, 1.01) | 0.82 (0.62, 1.07) | 1.01 (0.58, 1.76) | 0.73 (0.47, 1.15) | 0.86 (0.61, 1.23) | 0.61 (0.32, 1.17) | 1.18 (0.44, 3.16) | ||
| Non-graduate foreign employed | 0.62 (0.44, 0.87) | 0.40 (0.20, 0.81) | 1.31 (0.80, 2.14) | 0.45 (0.24, 0.82) | 0.99 (0.63, 1.57) | 0.46 (0.11, 1.92) | – | ||
| Salaried employee | 0.52 (0.42, 0.65) | 0.46 (0.35, 0.61) | 0.98 (0.63, 1.51) | 0.44 (0.31, 0.61) | 0.52 (0.35, 0.77) | 0.67 (0.31, 1.48) | 0.72 (0.10, 5.36) | ||
| Daily wage labourer | 1.26 (1.02, 1.56) | 1.23 (0.98, 1.54) | 1.76 (0.97, 3.22) | 1.10 (0.75, 1.61) | 1.49 (1.07, 2.07) | 1.27 (0.79, 2.04) | 1.43 (0.48, 4.19) | ||
| Unemployed/retired | 0.74 (0.59, 0.91) | 1.07 (0.83, 1.38) | 0.88 (0.57, 1.38) | 0.61 (0.44, 0.86) | 0.95 (0.56, 1.60) | 0.79 (0.36, 1.74) | 0.83 (0.43, 1.59) | ||
| House-worker/other | 0.60 (0.49, 0.73) | 0.68 (0.30, 1.55) | 1.12 (0.77, 1.63) | 0.44 (0.31, 0.62) | 1.05 (0.75, 1.47) | 1.10 (0.62, 1.94) | 0.70 (0.22, 2.29) | ||
| Student | 0.69 (0.57, 0.82) | 0.45 (0.36, 0.58) | 1.47 (0.99, 2.18) | 0.56 (0.42, 0.75) | – | – | – | ||
aAdjusted for age, sex and intervention arm
bAdjusted for age group and intervention arm
cAdjusted for sex and intervention arm
d% of households with a low asset score categorised into quintiles