Table 1.
Characteristics of Maryland Firearm Suicides 2003–2018, with Unadjusted Odds Ratios
| Variables | Handgun n = 2815 (row %) |
Long Gun n = 1116 (row %) |
Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex* | ||||||
| Female | 347 (84.8%) | 62 (15.2%) | ref | – | – | |
| Male | 2468 (70.1%) | 1054 (29.9%) | 2.39 | 1.81–3.16 | < .001 | |
| Race* | ||||||
| Non-White | 589 (83.4%) | 117 (16.6%) | ref | – | – | |
| White | 2226 (69.0%) | 999 (30.1%) | 2.26 | 1.83–2.79 | < .001 | |
| Age (years)* | ||||||
| < 18 | 46 (55.4%) | 37 (44.6%) | ref | – | – | |
| 18–24 | 222 (62.9%) | 131 (37.1%) | .73 | .45–1.19 | .209 | |
| 25–44 | 749 (70.9%) | 308 (29.1%) | .51 | .33–.80 | .004 | |
| 45–64 | 1002 (69.5%) | 439 (30.5%) | .54 | .35–.85 | .008 | |
| 65+ | 796 (79.8%) | 201 (20.2%) | .31 | .20–.50 | < .001 | |
| NCHS Rurality* | ||||||
| Urban (1) | 233 (83.2%) | 47 (16.8%) | ref | – | – | |
| 2 | 1986 (72.6%) | 750 (27.4%) | 1.87 | 1.35–2.59 | < .001 | |
| 3 | 206 (65.6%) | 108 (34.4% | 2.60 | 1.76–3.84 | < .001 | |
| 4 | 130 (64.4%) | 72 (35.6%) | 2.75 | 1.79–4.20 | < .001 | |
| 5 | 46 (56.1%) | 36 (43.9%) | 3.88 | 2.27–6.64 | < .001 | |
| Rural (6) | 46 (48.4%) | 49 (51.6%) | 5.28 | 3.17–8.79 | < .001 | |
| Alcohol (> .08%)* | 578 (68.0%) | 272 (32.0%) | 1.21 | 1.03–1.43 | .022 | |
| Season | ||||||
| Non-Hunting | 2720 (71.7%) | 1074 (28.3%) | ref | – | – | |
| Hunting Season | 95 (69.3%) | 1116 (28.4%) | 1.12 | .77–1.62 | .549 | |
NCHS Rurality National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties. Hunting Season includes annual weeks 49–50
N’s range from 3675 to 3931 due to occasional missing data
*Category χ2 test p < .001