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Table 3 Final multinomial logistic regression models for suicide methods over time, by sex, age and Indigenous groups

From: Are young female suicides increasing? A comparison of sex-specific rates and characteristics of youth suicides in Australia over 2004–2014

 

Hanging

Poisoning

OR

95% CIs

p

OR

95% CIs

p

All Youth

 Time

1.03

1.01–1.06

.003

1.00

0.96–1.05

.906

 Sexa

1.06

0.90–1.25

.481

0.29

0.21–0.39

<.001

 Age groupb

  

<.001

  

.003

  15–19 years

0.79

0.51–1.23

.306

1.76

0.54–5.79

.352

  20–24 years

0.61

0.39–0.93

.023

3.00

0.93–9.68

.065

 Aboriginal/TSIc

9.67

6.55–14.26

<.001

0.18

0.72–0.43

<.001

Females

 Time

1.00

0.96–1.04

.936

1.01

0.94–1.08

.836

 Age groupb

  

.009

  

.022

  15–19 years

0.58

0.28–1.20

.143

1.85

0.42–8.04

.414

  20–24 years

0.41

0.20–0.85

.017

3.30

0.78–13.97

.105

 Aboriginal/TSIb

6.54

3.56–12.03

<.001

0.25

0.09–0.69

.008

Males

 Time

1.05

1.02–1.07

.001

0.99

0.93–1.07

.955

 Age groupb

  

.021

  

.12

  15–19 years

0.96

0.55–1.66

.878

1.57

0.21–11.91

.661

  20–24 years

0.75

0.44–1.29

.302

2.54

0.35–18.64

.359

 Aboriginal/TSIc

12.14

7.30–20.21

<.001

0.08

0.01–0.59

.013

  1. OR Odds ratio, CIs 95% Confidence Intervals, Aboriginal/TSI Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
  2. a‘Females’ served as the reference category
  3. b‘10–14-year-old’ age-group served as the reference category
  4. c‘Non−/Unknown Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander status’ group served as the reference category
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