Table 4
The effect of Federal/State government combinations on male and female suicide risk 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 other variables | Number of suicides | Rate/ 100000 adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age and other variables | |
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. †Referent group. | ||||||||
| Federal/State govt combination | ||||||||
| Both Labor† | 7391 | 23.02 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2121 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mixed | 17268 | 26.01 | 1.13*** | 1.08** | 5853 | 8.26 | 1.18*** | 1.14*** |
| Both conservative | 8322 | 28.32 | 1.23*** | 1.17*** | 3116 | 10.78 | 1.54*** | 1.40*** |
| Linear trend | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | ||||
