Table 2

Population size, distribution of suicides, crude and adjusted relative risks by marital status: men

Marital status		Suicides		Population at risk	Model 1^†		Model 2^‡
Marital status		Suicides		Population at risk	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Marital status
Married	241	139 323	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
Single	118	61 842	1.16	0.86, 1.56	1.15	0.85, 1.56
Divorced	57	14 275	2.47^***	1.84, 3.30	2.38^***	1.77, 3.20
Widowed	15	5 191	1.58	0.91, 2.72	1.50	0.87, 2.59
Unknown	1	2 888	0.21	0.03, 1.56	0.06	0.00, 0.94
Race/ethnicity
White	412	191 433	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
African American	20	19 937	0.49^***	0.31, 0.78	0.40^***	0.25, 0.63
Hispanic	20	12 149	0.81	0.52, 1.28	0.68	0.43, 1.08
Education
16+ years	48	36 683	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
0–8	82	34 251	1.75^***	1.20, 2.54	1.66^***	1.12, 2.47
9–11	84	42 113	1.52^**	1.05, 2.19	1.47^**	1.01, 2.14
12	145	72 846	1.52^***	1.09, 2.11	1.48^**	1.06, 2.07
13–15	71	35 005	1.57^***	1.09, 2.27	1.51^**	1.04, 2.20
Unknown	2	2 619	0.60	0.14, 2.50	7.06^**	1.03, 48.25
Household income
$25 000+	107	64 799	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
<$5000	44	15 698	1.76^***	1.22, 2.52	1.57^***	1.07, 2.30
$5000–$9999	84	29 933	1.73^***	1.28, 2.32	1.60^***	1.18, 2.19
$10 000–$19 999	110	67 013	1.01	0.77, 1.32	0.95	0.72, 1.25
$20 000–$24 999	68	31 791	1.31	0.97, 1.78	1.26	0.93, 1.71
Unknown	19	14 285	0.80	0.49, 1.30	0.87	0.52, 1.43
Region of country
Non-West	377	210 719	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
West	55	21 800	1.38^**	1.03, 1.83	1.35^**	1.01, 1.80
Age (y)
15–24	101	54 437	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
25–34	79	49 126	0.84	0.64, 1.10	0.87	0.65, 1.16
35–44	101	57 738	0.78	0.75, 1.26	1.05	0.77, 1.43
45–54	55	29 727	0.99	0.72, 1.37	1.07	0.73, 1.57
55–64	63	27 894	1.29	0.95, 1.75	1.32	0.91, 1.92
65+	67	28 167	1.65^***	1.22, 2.22	1.42	0.96, 2.11
LRS					10 485.86
Model χ²					109.12^***
df					22
Number of suicides:		432
Number of observations:		223 519

Source: The National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979–1989.^†Relative risks (RR) adjusted for age only. ^‡Relative risks (RR) adjusted for age, race, sex, education, income, and region of residence. ^**Significant at p<0.05, ^***significant at p<0.01. LRS = Likelihood ratio statistic, df = degrees of freedom.