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. 2020 Jan 2;35(7):2043–2049. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05613-3

Table 2.

Models Predicting Firearm-Related Suicide Rate from 2012 to 2016 in the US

Model 1 (R [2] = 0.660) Model 2 (R2 = 0.678) Model 3 (R2 = 0.716) Model 4 (R2 = 0.742)
β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE)
Primary care provider rate − < 0.01 (0.08) 0.01 (0.08) − 0.01 (0.07) 0.05 (0.07)
Psychiatrist rate 0.02 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01)
Poverty rate 0.05 (0.04) 0.03 (0.04) 0.08 (0.04)* 0.08 (0.04)*
Hunting license rate 0.01 (< 0.01)** 0.01 (< 0.01)** 0.01 (< 0.01)** 0.01 (< 0.01)**
Density − 0.27 (0.08)** − 0.25 (0.08)** − 0.15 (0.08)* − 0.14 (0.07)*
Medicaid generosity − 0.98 (0.28)** − 0.36 (0.30) 0.13 (0.30)
Worker index − 0.43 (0.17)* − 0.46 (0.16)**
Alcohol regulations − 0.44 (0.10)** − 0.43 (0.10)**
Mental illness prohibition laws − 0.50 (0.10)**

SE, standard error; N = 242. This table displays fixed effects models of state-level healthcare factors and policy factors predicting firearm-related suicide rate, excluding the District of Columbia and US territories. Models are adjusted for year and census division. *Value is significant at the 0.05 level. **Value is significant at the 0.01 level