Table 3

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

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	69	140 646	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
Single	14	54 668	0.62	0.31, 1.21	0.68	0.34, 1.35
Divorced	12	23 318	1.10	0.60, 2.05	1.27	0.67, 2.41
Widowed	16	28 891	0.86	0.46, 1.59	1.01	0.53, 1.91
Unknown	2	880	4.81^**	1.17, 19.71	6.78^**	0.95, 48.00
Race/ethnicity
White	104	209 145	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
African American	4	25 852	0.33^**	0.12, 0.90	0.36^**	0.13, 1.01
Hispanic	5	13 406	0.82	0.33, 2.03	0.82	0.32, 2.05
Education
16+ years	12	28 305	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
0–8	15	35 260	0.77	0.35, 1.70	0.91	0.40, 2.07
9–11	22	47 802	1.10	0.53, 2.25	1.18	0.57, 2.45
12	43	97 807	1.01	0.53, 1.92	0.97	0.50, 1.87
13–15	20	38 653	1.26	0.61, 2.59	1.23	0.60, 2.53
Unknown	1	576	4.24	0.55, 32.69	1.09	0.07, 16.55
Household income
$25 000+	23	61 582	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
<$5000	9	29 031	0.67	0.30, 1.49	0.76	0.32, 1.80
$5000–$9999	18	40 197	1.02	0.53, 1.93	1.08	0.55, 2.12
$10 000–$19 999	41	72 362	1.46	0.87, 2.45	1.50	0.83, 2.54
$20 000–$24 999	16	31 274	1.38	0.72, 2.61	1.39	0.73, 2.65
Unknown	6	13 957	0.98	0.39, 2.44	0.78	0.28, 2.14
Region of country
Non-West	97	225 136	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
West	16	23 267	1.78^**	1.04, 3.03	1.65	0.96, 2.82
Age (y)
15–24	13	56 726	1.00	(Reference)	1.00	(Reference)
25–34	18	51 994	0.97	0.54, 1.74	0.87	0.47, 1.59
35–44	24	60 788	1.28	0.73, 2.23	1.12	0.60, 2.07
45–54	18	32 295	1.81	0.96, 3.40	1.59	0.78, 3.25
55–64	19	31 637	2.01^**	1.08, 3.73	1.76	0.86, 3.58
65+	26	39 761	2.47^***	1.39, 4.39	2.43^***	1.17, 5.04
LRS					2763.25
Model χ²					36.27^**
df					22
Number of suicides:		113
Number of observations:		248 290

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.