Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the risk of death by suicide by number of children in the study population of Swedish individuals born 1967‐1985 (N = 1,582,360)

Number of children	Model 1 a	Model 2 b
	HR [95% CI]	HR [95% CI]
No children c	1.00	1.00
1 child	0.36 [0.32‐0.41]*	0.42 [0.36‐0.48]*
2 children	0.21 [0.18‐0.25]*	0.30 [0.25‐0.35]*
3 or more children	0.22 [0.15‐0.30]*	0.30 [0.21‐0.42]*

^aModel 1: adjusted for cohort effect; sex; country of origin.

^bModel 2: adjusted for model 1 + childhood socio‐economic position; unemployment at age 23 and 24; social benefit and sick leave/disability pension at age 23 or 24; marital status, population density, education, history of psychiatric disorder and history of suicide attempt at age 24.

^cReference.

^*P < 0.001.