Table 2

Adjusted HR estimates for suicide by employment status in the full UAW-GM cohort, using recorded worker exit date and the reclassified worker exit date

Recorded worker exit dateReclassified worker exit date*
Job exit statusnHR95% CInHR95% CI
At work211.0271.0
Not at work15016.19.8, 26.514411.37.1, 17.8
  • *Cases that occurred within a week after the recorded worker exit date were assumed to have occurred while still employed.

  • UAW-GM, United Autoworkers-General Motors.

  • Estimates were adjusted for race, plant, year of hire and time-varying calendar year. Risk sets were indexed by age. Those still at work on December 31, 1994 were censored on that date.