Table 2
Influence of type of State government and other factors on suicide in NSW (1901–1998)
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of suicides | Rate/ 100000 adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age and all other variables | Number of suicides | Rate/ 100000 adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age and all other variables | |
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. †Referent group. | ||||||||
| RR = Relative Risk. | ||||||||
| State government | ||||||||
| Labor† | 18383 | 23.89 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6088 | 8.06 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Conservative | 14598 | 26.51 | 1.11*** | 1.09*** | 5002 | 9.59 | 1.19*** | 1.17*** |
| % Annual change in GDP | ||||||||
| Minus 10% | 529 | 13.47 | 1.44*** | 1.36** | 106 | 34.47 | 1.01 | 1.00 |
| Minus 5–9% | 594 | 10.90 | 1.12* | 1.10 | 142 | 26.81 | 0.93 | 0.99 |
| Minus 4% to plus 4%† | 5118 | 9.91 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1475 | 23.94 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Plus 5–9% | 10344 | 10.40 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 3429 | 25.62 | 1.17*** | 1.13** |
| Plus 10% | 12568 | 9.61 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 4758 | 23.94 | 1.21*** | 1.24*** |
| Drought | ||||||||
| No drought† | 20639 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6610 | 7.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Drought | 12342 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4480 | 8.98 | 1.15*** | 1.04 |
| First world war | ||||||||
| No war† | 32107 | 24.45 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 10871 | 8.38 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| War | 874 | 26.41 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 219 | 7.29 | 0.87 | 0.85 |
| Second world war | ||||||||
| No war† | 31827 | 24.80 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 10654 | 8.42 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| War | 1154 | 18.35 | 0.71*** | 0.74*** | 436 | 6.73 | 0.80 | 0.90 |
| Sedative epidemic | ||||||||
| No sedatives† | 29720 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 9367 | 7.73 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Sedatives | 3261 | 27.31 | 1.16*** | 1.13*** | 1723 | 13.61 | 1.76*** | 1.74*** |
