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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 May 11;31(7):685–690. doi: 10.1007/s10654-016-0154-6

Table 2.

Number of suicides, suicide rates per 100,000 person-years, adjusted suicide incidence risk ratios (IRR) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI), by relationship status and sex in Sweden 1997–2011

Relationship status and sex Number of suicides Suicide rate/100,000 Number of person-years Adjusted IRRs (95 % CI)
Model Aa Model Bb Model Cc,d
All
Same-sex married   12 32.8     36,547 2.3 (1.3–4.1) 2.7 (1.5–4.8)
Different-sex married 853 10.6 8,070,947 1 (REF) 1 (REF)
Women
Same-sex married     3 18.6     16,138 2.4 (0.8–7.4) 2.5 (0.8–7.7)
Different-sex married 254   6.4 3,944,339 1 (REF) 1 (REF)
Men
Same-sex married     9 44.1     20,409 2.3 (1.2–4.5) 2.8 (1.5–5.5) 2.3 (1.2–4.8)
Different-sex married 599 14.5 4,126,608 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 1 (REF)

Partial results of Poisson regression analyses are shown

a

Model A: Adjusted for age, sex (where not sex-stratified) and country of birth

b

Model B: With additional adjustment for: place of residency, educational attainment and living with children

c

Model C: With additional adjustment for HIV-infection (only men)

d

HIV only relevant for men