Table 3

 Odds ratios and 95%CI for suicide in relation to employment status the previous year for people first admitted after 1 January the previous year

Number of cases/controlsUnadjusted* odds ratioAdjusted† odds ratioWeighted‡ odds ratio
*Adjusted for sex, age, and calendar year. †The standard model is adjusted for the covariates: time since latest discharge, psychiatric diagnosis, marital status, sex, age, and calendar year. ‡The weights in the marginal structural model are calculated using information on employment status two years earlier, time since latest discharge, psychiatric diagnosis, marital status, sex, age, and calendar year. The model is further adjusted for sex, age, and year.
Unemployed or otherwise not fully employed516/3850.51 (0.42,0.63)0.67 (0.54,0.85)0.91 (0.65,1.27)
Fully employed the previous year549/217111