Odds ratios and 95%CI for suicide in relation to labour market affiliation the two previous years among people admitted to a psychiatric hospital, Denmark, 1982–1997
| First admitted after 1 January the previous year | First admitted before 1 January the previous year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases/controls | Unadjusted odds ratio | Adjusted odds ratio* | Number of cases/controls | Unadjusted odds ratio | Adjusted*odds ratio | |
| *Adjusted for time since latest discharge (currently admitted, <30, 31–182, 183–365, +366 days), diagnosis (depression, schizophrenia, mania, alcohol, other), and marital status (living single, married and cohabitant and living with partner), sex, age, and calendar year. Stratified by whether the first admission was before or after 1 January the previous year. | ||||||
| Unemployed the two previous years | 277/207 | 0.50 (0.39,0.64) | 0.65 (0.49,0.86) | 737/1972 | 1.13 (1.01,1.27) | 1.01 (0.89,1.15) |
| Becoming unemployed: unemployed the previous year, fully employed two years earlier | 101/66 | 0.57 (0.40,0.82) | 0.79 (0.53,1.16) | 279/502 | 1.68 (1.42,1.99) | 1.38 (1.15,1.65) |
| Becoming employed: fully employed the previous year, not fully employed two years earlier | 55/32 | 0.64 (0.40,1.03) | 0.82 (0.53,1.36) | 195/463 | 1.27 (1.06,1.53) | 1.15 (0.94,1.41) |
| Social benefits the previous year, not fully employed two years earlier | 23/32 | 0.27 (0.15,0.47) | 0.44 (0.24,0.81) | 220/359 | 1.85 (1.54,2.23) | 1.37 (1.11,1.69) |
| Disability pensioner the previous year, not fully employed two years earlier | 64/51 | 0.47 (0.31,0.70) | 0.67 (0.42,1.05) | 1108/2458 | 1.36 (1.23,1.52) | 1.08 (0.95,1.22) |
| Others the previous year, not fully employed two years earlier | 51/29 | 0.66 (0.41,1.07) | 0.60 (0.35,1.02) | 174/351 | 1.50 (1.23,1.83) | 1.07 (0.86,1.41) |
| Fully employed the two previous years | 494/185 | 1 | 1 | 790/2390 | 1 | 1 |