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Table 4 Individual measures of social and material disadvantage and risk of suicide mortality for females, according to area social deprivation, Canadian census mortality follow-up study cohort, 1991-2001

From: Influence of social and material individual and area deprivation on suicide mortality among 2.7 million Canadians: A prospective study

 

Low social deprivation

High social deprivation

Ratio of HRsb

 

HR (95% CI)a

HR (95% CI)a

(95% CI)

Social disadvantage

   

Civil status

   

   Separated/divorced/widowed

1.21 (0.53-2.77)

1.25 (0.63-2.49)

0.97 (0.33-2.84)

   Never married

1.77 (0.88-3.58)

1.36 (0.70-2.65)

1.30 (0.49-3.42)

   Common-law

1.21 (0.72-2.05)

1.39 (0.96-2.00)

0.87 (0.46-1.65)

   Legally married

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Family structure

   

   Non-family

1.83 (0.83-4.04)

1.64 (0.81-3.30)

1.12 (0.39-3.21)

   Lone parent

1.42 (0.62-3.26)

1.24 (0.62-2.48)

1.15 (0.39-3.38)

   Two-parent family

 

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Persons living alone

   

   Yes

0.75 (0.37-1.50)

1.20 (0.87-1.66)

0.63 (0.29-1.35)

   No

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Material disadvantage

   

Education attainment

   

   No high school diploma

1.21 (0.73-2.00)

1.16 (0.81-1.65)

1.04 (0.56-1.93)

   High school diploma

1.44 (0.90-2.30)

1.09 (0.78-1.52)

1.32 (0.74-2.35)

   Post-secondary diploma

1.33 (0.81-2.20)

1.15 (0.81-1.64)

1.16 (0.63-2.13)

   University degree

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Income adequacy quintile

   

   Quintile 1 - poorest

1.18 (0.79-1.79)

1.92 (1.31-2.81)

0.61 (0.35-1.08)

   Quintile 2

0.61 (0.39-0.93)

1.44 (0.98-2.10)

0.42 (0.24-0.76)

   Quintile 3

0.80 (0.56-1.16)

1.21 (0.82-1.78)

0.66 (0.39-1.13)

   Quintile 4

0.55 (0.37-0.81)

1.13 (0.76-1.69)

0.49 (0.28-0.85)

   Quintile 5 - richest

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Employment status

   

   Not in labour force

1.80 (1.33-2.42)

2.14 (1.69-2.71)

0.84 (0.57-1.23)

   Unemployed

1.54 (0.94-2.50)

2.01 (1.45-2.78)

0.77 (0.43-1.38)

   Employed

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  1. a Hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) adjusted for age, visible minority, immigrant status, provincial region of residence, community population size, area material deprivation and all variables in table
  2. b The ratio of HRs indicates a modifying effect of area deprivation when the confidence intervals exclude 1