Risk of death from firearms relative to other suicide methods*, Illinois, 1990–1997
| OR† | (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| *Firearm episodes are the exposure category. For example, firearm episodes are 2.6 times more lethal than suffocation episodes. †Model includes gender and age (continuous variable). | ||
| Firearms (exposure)* | – | |
| Suffocation | 2.6 | (2.1 to 3.1) |
| Crash/jump | 8.0 | (6.4 to 10.2) |
| Exposure | 18.0 | (12.8 to 25.3) |
| Cuts | 325.5 | (256.8 to 412.7) |
| Poisons | 270.4 | (230.6 to 317.2) |