Table 1

Distribution of study participants and age-adjusted incidence rates of accidents, violence and suicides per 100 000 person-years by partnership history*

Participants %AccidentsViolenceSuicides
Fatal casesNon-fatal casesFatal casesNon-fatal casesFatal casesNon-fatal cases
Men 1991–1997
 Married (no divorce)60.843.9734.82.412.639.131.9
 Married (previously divorced)2.586.0972.36.748.182.2112.4
 Cohabiting (no divorce)8.198.8842.46.846.560.271.7
 Cohabiting (previously divorced)3.2116.91166.69.278.881.8107.7
 Divorced <3 years ago2.0178.71202.715.649.8142.2145.7
 Divorced 3 years ago or earlier4.0277.81501.038.785.8155.9233.7
 Never-married19.4180.91033.214.615.8101.782.6
 Total10084.4850.26.551.160.357.2
Men 2001–2007
 Married (no divorce)50.339.61049.71.323.125.432.4
 Married (previously divorced)4.280.51316.84.285.761.897.4
 Cohabiting (no divorce)11.667.01206.54.854.533.646.5
 Cohabiting (previously divorced)4.080.21372.37.8121.547.351.1
 Divorced <3 years ago2.0157.91789.710.4165.277.7130.6
 Divorced 3 years ago or earlier6.1251.61841.715.5232.798.5276.5
 Never-married21.8161.91425.510.399.471.787.2
 Total10085.11229.35.061.541.860.0
Women 1991–1997
 Married (no divorce)65.912.8423.91.512.610.240.3
 Married (previously divorced)2.731.5587.74.948.131.3138.4
 Cohabiting (no divorce)7.029.2609.22.946.513.962.3
 Cohabiting (previously divorced)3.249.6706.58.578.825.6112.2
 Divorced <3 years ago2.336.3696.510.049.832.3124.1
 Divorced 3 years ago or earlier5.943.0621.74.885.838.9135.4
 Never-married13.027.1549.22.415.832.377.4
 Total10019.3481.22.521.916.657.1
Women 2001–2007
 Married (no divorce)55.412.8563.11.08.18.134.8
 Married (previously divorced)4.428.5884.92.936.524.6132.7
 Cohabiting (no divorce)10.627.4686.83.415.712.655.5
 Cohabiting (previously divorced)4.238.2908.84.549.720.2112.2
 Divorced <3 years ago2.327.8824.52.045.625.8118.7
 Divorced 3 years ago or earlier8.545.91042.44.145.429.3150.2
 Never-married14.636.4768.11.524.322.874.4
 Total10021.8668.21.618.113.962.7
  • * The total number of individuals and events are not displayed but are available only in the Method section because of over sample of deaths. This over sample is taken into account when calculating the proportions and incidence rates.