Table 2

Standardised mortality ratios for suicide as a function of gender, age at stroke, diagnosis and duration of hospitalisation

	Number of cases	Observed years	Observed frequency	Expected frequency	Standardised mortality ratio	95% Confidence intervals
Gender
Male	58 269	220 425	246	130.92	1.88	1.66, 2.13
Female	55 829	210 328	113	63.57	1.78	1.48, 2.14
Age at stroke
15–49	8 972	49 545	51	17.87	2.85	2.17, 3.76
50–59	12 500	64 670	66	29.64	2.23	1.75, 2.83
60–69	25 556	115 175	88	53.59	1.64	1.33, 2.02
70–79	39 127	135 122	115	63.48	1.81	1.51, 2.17
80+	27 943	66 240	39	29.90	1.30	0.95, 1.79
Diagnosis
Subarachnoid haemorrhage	6 456	28 057	19	10.38	1.83	1.17, 2.87
Intracerebral haemorrhage	9 891	33 089	38	14.59	2.60	1.90, 3.58
Cerebral ischaemia	38 944	172 785	140	79.11	1.77	1.50, 2.09
Undefined	58 807	196 822	162	90.40	1.79	1.54, 2.09
Duration of hospitalisation
<2 weeks	29 923	101 052	107	46.22	2.32	1.92, 2.80
2–4 weeks	24 324	96 534	100	43.29	2.31	1.90, 2.81
1–3 months	34 553	126 996	110	57.29	1.92	1.59, 2.31
>3 months	25 298	106 171	42	47.68	0.88	0.65, 1.19