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. 2021 May 18;43(5):375–384. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000793

Table 2. RRs and 95% CrIsa of method-specific suicide ratesb associated with one SD increase in the levels of each of the three means accessibility indicators across 432 neighborhoods in Taipei City, 2004–2010.

All Hanging Charcoal burning Jumping Drowning Other
RR 95% CrI RR 95% CrI RR 95% CrI RR 95% CrI RR 95% CrI RR 95% CrI
Note. CrI = credible interval; RR = rate ratio. a95% CrIs of RRs that do not include one are highlighted in bold. bIncluding deaths certified as suicide, undetermined death, or injury due to suffocation or pesticide poisoning. cThese variables were first log-transformed because of their skewed distributions. dAdjusted for the proportion of divorced/separated adults and median household income.
Unadjusted analysis
Socioeconomic characteristics
 Divorced/separated adults (%)c 1.10 1.05, 1.16 1.03 0.96, 1.11 1.21 1.11, 1.31 1.14 1.04, 1.25 1.16 1.00, 1.34 1.03 0.92, 1.15
 Median household incomec 0.81 0.77, 0.85 0.80 0.74, 0.86 0.77 0.70, 0.84 1.00 0.92, 1.10 0.62 0.54, 0.71 0.82 0.74, 0.91
Means accessibility indicators (for specific suicide methods)
 Single-person households (%c; for charcoal burning) 1.10 1.05, 1.17 1.11 1.02, 1.21 1.24 1.12, 1.36 1.05 0.96, 1.15 1.01 0.85, 1.19 1.00 0.89, 1.12
 Household living on sixth floor or above (%; for jumping) 0.96 0.91, 1.02 0.88 0.81, 0.95 0.96 0.87, 1.05 1.15 1.05, 1.25 0.86 0.73, 1.01 0.90 0.80, 1.00
 Neighborhoods with river (for drowning) 1.17 1.04, 1.32 1.15 0.96, 1.35 1.17 0.95, 1.43 0.96 0.78, 1.18 1.59 1.11, 2.18 1.31 1.03, 1.63
Adjusted analysis d
Means accessibility indicators (for specific suicide methods)
 Single-person households (%c; for charcoal burning) 1.04 0.99, 1.09 1.06 0.98, 1.14 1.13 1.03, 1.25 1.01 0.90, 1.12 0.91 0.78, 1.06 0.97 0.87, 1.08
 Household living on sixth floor or above (%; for jumping) 1.03 0.98, 1.09 0.99 0.90, 1.09 1.02 0.91, 1.13 1.16 1.04, 1.29 1.02 0.86, 1.20 1.00 0.87, 1.14
 Neighborhoods with river (for drowning) 1.07 0.96, 1.18 1.00 0.84, 1.16 1.06 0.87, 1.28 0.99 0.80, 1.21 1.27 0.92, 1.69 1.16 0.91, 1.45