Influence of type of Federal government and other factors on suicide in NSW (1901–1998)
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of suicides | Rate/ 100000 adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age and all other variables | Number of suicides | Rate/ 100000 adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age only | RR adjusted for age and all other variables | |
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. †Referent group. | ||||||||
| RR = Relative Risk. | ||||||||
| Federal government | ||||||||
| Labor† | 13667 | 23.85 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4007 | 7.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Conservative | 19314 | 25.76 | 1.08*** | 1.07** | 7083 | 9.03 | 1.26*** | 1.22*** |
| % Annual change in GDP | ||||||||
| Minus 10% | 529 | 14.27 | 1.44*** | 1.50*** | 106 | 34.47 | 1.01 | 1.24 |
| Minus 5–9% | 594 | 11.10 | 1.12* | 1.13 | 142 | 26.81 | 0.93 | 1.03 |
| Minus 4% to plus 4%† | 5118 | 9.91 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1475 | 23.94 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Plus 5–9% | 10344 | 10.60 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 3429 | 25.62 | 1.17*** | 1.08 |
| Plus 10% | 12568 | 9.91 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 4758 | 23.94 | 1.21*** | 1.22*** |
| Drought | ||||||||
| No drought† | 20639 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6610 | 7.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Drought | 12342 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.07** | 4480 | 8.98 | 1.15*** | 1.19*** |
| First world war | ||||||||
| No war† | 32107 | 24.45 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 10871 | 8.38 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| War | 874 | 26.41 | 1.08 | 1.07 | 219 | 7.29 | 0.87 | 0.82* |
| Second world war | ||||||||
| No war† | 31827 | 24.80 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 10654 | 8.42 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| War | 1154 | 17.61 | 0.71*** | 0.70*** | 436 | 6.73 | 0.80 | 0.81** |
| Sedative epidemic | ||||||||
| No sedatives† | 29720 | 24.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 9367 | 7.73 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Sedatives | 3261 | 28.04 | 1.16*** | 1.08* | 1723 | 13.61 | 1.76*** | 1.55*** |