Table 3

Weighted individual level hazard ratios^3-152 for injury mortality for persons aged 18–64 who responded to the National Health Interview Survey 1987–1994 with follow up until 1995 and linked to the 1990 US Census (n=472 364)

	Homicide	Suicide	Motor vehicle	Other external
Age ^§	0.97^**	1.00	1.00	1.01^*
Gender
male	3.35^†	4.41^†	2.06^†	4.92^†
female	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Race/ethnicity
black, non-Hispanic	3.62^†	0.47^**	0.98	0.89
Hispanic	1.26	0.34	0.99	0.81
white, non-Hispanic^¶	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Marital status
divorced/separated	2.01^**	1.83^**	1.69^**	2.33^†
never married	1.69^*	1.37	1.48^**	1.48^*
widowed	1.18	3.55^**	1.92^*	1.71
currently married	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Income to needs
missing income	1.94	0.73	1.18	1.86^*
<$6250	1.98	0.78	1.51^*	2.45^**
$6250–$11 250	2.28	0.89	1.01	1.95^*
$11 250–$18 750	1.82	0.85	1.14	1.23
$18 750–$75 000	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Educational attainment
less than high school	1.98^†	1.21	1.46^**	1.41^*
high school graduate	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Employment/occupational status
blue collar	1.35	1.25	1.50^**	1.45^*
unemployed	2.99^†	1.61	1.77^*	3.19^†
not in labour force	2.52^†	2.05^†	1.25	2.85^†
white collar	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Number of deaths	208	278	392	317

↵3-152 Estimates adjusted for sample design. ^§For each additional year. ^¶Includes other race. ^*p<0.05 ^**p<0.01 ^†p<0.0001.