Table 3.
Unadjusted mortality rates among persons with dementia who died by suicide, Georgia, 2013-2016
| Variable | Total Sample |
# of suicides |
# of person- years followed |
Unadjusted Rate/ 100,000 (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | ||||
| Total | 141592 | 100 | 68 | 732101 | 9.3 (7.1-11.5) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 49669 | 35.1 | 52 | 231336 | 22.5 (16.3-28.6) |
| Female | 91923 | 64.9 | 16 | 500766 | 3.2 (1.6-4.8) |
| Age at dementia diagnosis | |||||
| Under 65 yrs | 11415 | 8.1 | 13 | 65355 | 19.9 (9.0-30.7) |
| 65-74 yrs | 37692 | 26.6 | 26 | 223932 | 11.6 (7.1-16.1) |
| 75+ yrs | 92485 | 65.3 | 29 | 442813 | 6.5 (4.2-8.9) |
| Time since diagnosis* | |||||
| Up to 12 months | 13298 | 9.4 | 22 | 5183 | 424.5 (247.1-601.8) |
| 12-24 months | 10213 | 7.2 | 11 | 16530 | 66.5 (27.2-105.9) |
| More than 24 months | 118027 | 83.4 | 35 | 710392 | 4.9 (3.3-6.6) |
| Depression diagnosis | |||||
| Yes | 42365 | 29.9 | 23 | 213215 | 10.8 (6.3-15.2) |
| No | 99227 | 70.1 | 45 | 513215 | 8.8 (6.2-11.3) |
| Cardiovascular diseases† | |||||
| Yes | 115315 | 81.4 | 51 | 582487 | 8.8 (6.4-11.2) |
| No | 26228 | 18.5 | 17 | 149615 | 11.4 (6.0-16.8) |
*
Number of months between dementia diagnosis and death by suicide.
†
Included the diagnosis of one or more of the following conditions - hypertension, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, and ischemic heart attack.
CI=Confidence Interval.