Suicide in relation to psychiatric admission; suicide and death among children and number of children, income, labour market affiliation, and educational attainment
| Risk factor and category | Number of cases/controls | Adjusted for age and sex* (model 1) | Incidence rate ratios adjusted for age, sex, and the factors in table 1 and table 2 (model 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Psychiatric disorder at latest discharge is adjusted for time since last discharge; death among children is adjusted for number of children. Values are risk ratios (95% confidence intervals). | |||
| Time since last discharge from psychiatric inpatient care | |||
| Currently admitted | 722/393 | 71.89 (62.23 to 83.05) | 53.74 (46.38 to 62.28) |
| Discharged within the past 8 days | 283/38 | 310.65 (214.97 to 448.92) | 271.56 (186.51 to 395.40) |
| Discharged within the past 8–30 days | 349/98 | 148.12 (116.11 to 188.94) | 120.73 (94.04 to 154.98) |
| Discharged within the past 1–6 months | 868/532 | 66.81 (58.85 to 75.85) | 50.00 (43.88 to 56.96) |
| Discharged within the past 7–12 months | 410/534 | 30.48 (26.38 to 35.22) | 22.03 (18.98 to 25.58) |
| Discharged more than a year ago | 1936/7502 | 10.11 (9.47 to 10.79) | 7.29 (6.79 to 7.82) |
| Never admitted | 4443/171123 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychiatric disorder at latest discharge | |||
| Depression | 359/427 | 1.60 (1.35 to 1.91) | 2.00 (1.67 to 2.39) |
| Schizophrenia | 488/716 | 0.75 (0.65 to 0.87) | 0.58 (0.49 to 0.67) |
| Manic disorder | 128/201 | 1.11 (0.85 to 1.44) | 1.07 (0.82 to 1.40) |
| Alcohol misuse | 703/1521 | 0.91 (0.81 to 1.02) | 0.77 (0.69 to 0.87) |
| All other psychiatric disorders | 2890/6232 | 1 | 1 |
| Death among children | |||
| Child death by suicide | 17/90 | 4.43 (2.63 to 7.45) | 2.31 (1.23 to 4.34) |
| Child death by other cause | 114/1300 | 2.24 (1.85 to 2.73) | 1.90 (1.51 to 2.40) |
| Child alive | 5303/127504 | 1 | 1 |
| Number of children | |||
| One child | 1762/35432 | 0.66 (0.62 to 0.70) | 0.92 (0.85 to 0.99) |
| Two children | 2418/61764 | 0.49 (0.46 to 0.51) | 0.88 (0.82 to 0.96) |
| Three or more children | 1254/31698 | 0.47 (0.44 to 0.51) | 0.80 (0.73 to 0.88) |
| No children | 3577/51326 | 1 | 1 |
| Income | |||
| Lowest income quartile | 4351/44316 | 3.37 (3.16 to 3.59) | 1.42 (1.30 to 1.55) |
| Second lowest income quartile | 1888/44771 | 1.45 (1.35 to 1.55) | 1.14 (1.04 to 1.24) |
| Second highest income quartile | 1429/45296 | 1.08 (1.00 to 1.16) | 1.03 (0.94 to 1.12) |
| Highest income quartile | 1343/45837 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour market affiliation in the previous year | |||
| Recipient of social benefits/disability pension | 2520/17786 | 5.05 (4.78 to 5.33) | 1.30 (1.20 to 1.42) |
| Unemployed 81%–100% of the year | 393/5522 | 1.69 (1.56 to 1.82) | 1.32 (1.21 to 1.44) |
| Unemployed 21%–80% of the year | 1356/18219 | 2.38 (2.23 to 2.54) | 1.39 (1.29 to 1.51) |
| Unemployed 1%–20% of the year | 852/15922 | 2.31 (2.07 to 2.57) | 1.31 (1.15 to 1.48) |
| Fully or self employed | 3890/122771 | 1 | 1 |
| Educational attainment | |||
| No information | 380/6665 | 0.96 (0.86 to 1.07) | 0.91 (0.80 to 1.03) |
| High school | 407/5536 | 1.24 (1.11 to 1.38) | 1.07 (0.94 to 1.22) |
| Vocational training | 3034/69804 | 0.73 (0.69 to 0.77) | 1.02 (0.96 to 1.09) |
| Bachelor or other of similar duration | 1041/25127 | 0.69 (0.65 to 0.75) | 1.06 (0.97 to 1.15) |
| University master, PhD | 388/9086 | 0.71 (0.64 to 0.79) | 1.08 (0.95 to 1.23) |
| Primary school | 3761/64002 | 1 | 1 |