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Table 3 Association of suicide rates with the two measures of community social capital

From: Community social capital and suicide mortality in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional registry-based study

Contextual variable

 

Number of suicides

Rate ratio (95% confidence interval) estimated with control for

Age, sex, country of birth

Plus marital status

Plus all background contextual variables

Social capital (perceptive/behavioural)

Low

2434

1.31

(1.24–1.40)

1.15

(1.08–1.22)

1.08

(1.02–1.16)

Medium

1902

1.02

(0.96–1.09)

0.98

(0.92–1.04)

0.98

(0.92–1.05)

High

1871

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Social capital (structural/demographic)

High

2254

1.22

(1.15–1.30)

1.08

(1.02–1.15)

1.02

(0.96–1.09)

Medium

2014

1.10

(1.04–1.18)

1.05

(0.99–1.12)

1.03

(0.97–1.10)

 

Low

1939

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
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