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J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:766-772 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.766
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Suicide and political regime in New South Wales and Australia during the 20th century

Table 3

Influence of type of Federal/State government combination 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.
Federal/State govt combination
    Labor/Labor† 7391 23.02 1.00 1.00 2121 7.00 1.00 1.00
    Labor/Conservative 6276 26.71 1.16*** 1.09* 1886 7.84 1.12* 1.09
    Conservative/Labor 10992 25.78 1.12*** 1.07* 3967 8.47 1.21*** 1.16***
    Conservative/Conservative 8322 28.32 1.23*** 1.17*** 3116 10.78 1.54*** 1.40***
% Annual change in GDP
    Minus 10% 529 14.27 1.44*** 1.43*** 106 34.47 1.01 1.16
    Minus 5–9% 594 11.10 1.12* 1.12 142 26.81 0.93 0.98
    Minus 4% to plus 4%† 5118 9.91 1.00 1.00 1475 23.94 1.00 1.00
    Plus 5–9% 10344 10.60 1.07 1.04 3429 25.62 1.17*** 1.10*
    Plus 10% 12568 9.91 1.00 0.97 4758 23.94 1.21*** 1.23***
Drought
    No drought† 20639 24.17 1.00 1.00 6610 7.81 1.00 1.00
    Drought 12342 24.17 1.00 1.03 4480 8.98 1.15*** 1.12***
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 1.07 219 7.29 0.87 0.81*
Second world war
    No war† 31827 24.80 1.00 1.00 10654 8.42 1.00 1.00
    War 1154 17.61 0.71*** 0.73*** 436 6.73 0.80 0.86*
Sedative epidemic
    No sedatives† 29720 24.17 1.00 1.00 9367 7.73 1.00 1.00
    Sedatives 3261 28.04 1.16*** 1.09* 1723 13.61 1.76*** 1.56***

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