Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the risk of death by suicide by number of children for men, birth year 1967‐1985 (n = 871,598)

Number of children	Model 1 a	Model 2 b
	HR [95% CI]	HR [95% CI]
No children c	1.00	1.00
1 child	0.41 [0.35‐0.48]*	0.46 [0.40‐0.54]*
2 children	0.26 [0.22‐0.32]*	0.36 [0.30‐0.43]*
3 or more children	0.31 [0.22‐0.44]*	0.41 [0.29‐0.59]*

^aModel 1: adjusted for cohort effect; 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.