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. 2020 Jan 2;55(8):1061–1071. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01824-5

Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for risk of suicide attempt by diagnosis of mental disorder and work disability factors in Swedish-born individuals and refugees

Swedish-born individuals Refugees
Suicide attempt
N (rate per 100,000 person-years)
Model 1a Model 2b Model 3c Suicide attempt
N (rate per 100,000 person-years)
Model 1a Model 2b Model 3c
Sickness absence (SA) in 2005
 No mental disorder, no SA 12,804 (45.1) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 723 (65.8) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 1 (REF)
 No mental disorder, SA 1–90 days 1667 (78.1) 1.73 (1.65–1.82) 2.09 (1.99–2.21) 1.94 (1.84–2.04) 57 (68.6) 1.05 (0.80–1.37) 1.31 (1.00–1.72) 1.22 (0.93–1.60)
 No mental disorder, SA > 90 days 736 (153.1) 3.39 (3.15–3.65) 4.27 (3.96–4.61) 3.88 (3.59–4.18) 40 (154.9) 2.36 (1.72–3.24) 3.21 (2.32–4.43) 2.96 (2.14–4.09)
 Any mental disorder, no SA 3978 (690.2) 15.25 (14.72–15.81) 8.93 (8.60–9.27) 6.67 (6.41–6.94) 219 (450.4) 6.82 (5.87–7.94) 5.86 (5.03–6.83) 4.20 (3.55–4.96)
 Any mental disorder, SA 1–90 days 458 (708.4) 15.65 (14.26–17.18) 13.74 (12.51–15.09) 9.94 (9.04–10.93) < 10d (254.4) 3.87 (1.93–7.76) 4.08 (2.03–8.20) 2.77 (1.38–5.60)
 Any mental disorder, SA > 90 days 297 (1007.4) 22.25 (19.84–24.96) 19.63 (17.49–22.04) 14.43 (12.84–16.21) < 10d (510.1) 7.75 (4.02–14.96) 8.87 (4.58–17.14) 6.23 (3.21–12.08)
Disability pension (DP) in 2005
 No mental disorder, no DP 15,112 (48.8) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 811 (67.5) 1 (REF) 1 (REF) 1 (REF)
 No mental disorder, DP 95 (242.4) 4.95 (4.05–6.06) 3.45 (2.82–4.23) 3.15 (2.57–3.86) < 10d (152.4) 2.26 (1.17–4.35) 2.67 (1.38–5.18) 2.32 (1.20–4.51)
 Any mental disorder, no DP 4533 (689.4) 14.08 (13.62–14.55) 8.73 (8.43–9.03) 6.50 (6.25–6.75) 225 (436.4) 6.45 (5.56–7.47) 5.52 (4.75–6.41) 3.98 (3.38–4.68)
 Any mental disorder, DP 200 (1541.9) 31.35 (27.27–36.04) 14.74 (12.81–16.96) 10.27 (8.91–11.83) 11 (557.8) 8.23 (4.54–14.92) 8.33 (4.58–15.13) 5.46 (2.99–9.99)

aModel 1: crude

bModel 2: adjusted for age, sex, educational level, family situation and place of residence

cModel 3: Model 2 with additional adjustments for history of suicide attempt and somatic comorbidity

dFor ethical reasons i.e. the risk of identification of individuals, if the number of events is < 10, it is not reported