Cox regression models of suicide and other avoidable deaths during 1990–99 for the study groups compared with the general Swedish population
| Suicide deaths | Other avoidable deaths | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 OR (95% CI) | Model 2 OR (95% CI) | Model 3 OR (95% CI) | Model 1 OR (95% CI) | Model 2 OR (95% CI) | Model 3 OR (95% CI) | |
| *No information about biological parents. Model 1 is adjusted for sex and year of birth. Model 2 is adjusted for the variables in model 1 and hospital admission because of alcohol misuse, substance misuse, or psychiatric illness in biological parents, or all three. Model 3 is adjusted for the variables in model 2 and socioeconomic indicators of the biological mother (social welfare, lone parent household, SES, ethnicity, and place of residence). | ||||||
| General population | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Intercountry adoptees | 3.5 (2.3 to 5.0) | –* | –* | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.7) | –* | –* |
| Long term foster care | 4.3 (2.8 to 6.6) | 3.0 (1.9 to 4.8) | 2.2 (1.4 to 3.6) | 2.5 (1.6 to 3.7) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.7) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) |
| Other child welfare recipients | 2.7 (1.9 to 3.9) | 2.2 (1.5 to 3.2) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.5) | 2.8 (2.1 to 3.6) | 2.4 (1.8 to 3.1) | 1.8 (1.4 to 2.4) |