Table 2 Rate ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for models predicting suicide mortality by commuting zone in 1999–2001 and 2015–2017 for the non-Hispanic white male population, ages 20–64

Intercept

0.00 (0.00–0.00)***

0.00 (0.00–0.00)***

0.00 (0.00–0.00)***

0.00 (0.00–0.00)***

Age 25–29

1.07 (1.03–1.12)***

1.07 (1.03–1.12)***

1.07 (1.03–1.11)***

1.07 (1.03–1.11)***

Age 30–34

1.11 (1.07–1.15)***

1.11 (1.07–1.15)***

1.10 (1.06–1.14)***

1.10 (1.06–1.14)***

Age 35–39

1.17 (1.13–1.22)***

1.17 (1.13–1.21)***

1.16 (1.12–1.20)***

1.16 (1.12–1.20)***

Age 40–44

1.19 (1.15–1.24)***

1.19 (1.15–1.24)***

1.19 (1.14–1.23)***

1.19 (1.15–1.23)***

Age 45–49

1.19 (1.15–1.24)***

1.19 (1.14–1.24)***

1.19 (1.15–1.23)***

1.19 (1.15–1.23)***

Age 50–54

1.15 (1.10–1.19)***

1.14 (1.10–1.19)***

1.14 (1.10–1.18)***

1.15 (1.11–1.19)***

Age 55–59

1.11 (1.06–1.15)***

1.10 (1.06–1.15)***

1.11 (1.07–1.15)***

1.11 (1.07–1.15)***

Age 60–64

0.96 (0.92–1.00)*

0.95 (0.92–0.99)*

0.96 (0.93–1.00)*

0.97 (0.93–1.00)

2017

1.46 (1.43–1.49)***

1.48 (1.45–1.51)***

1.58 (1.54–1.61)***

1.56 (1.52–1.60)***

Unemployment

1.06 (1.04–1.07)***

0.97 (0.96–0.99)***

0.97 (0.96–0.99)***

Manufacturing

0.98 (0.97–0.99)***

0.93 (0.92–0.94)***

0.93 (0.92–0.95)***

College

0.88 (0.87–0.89)***

0.93 (0.92–0.95)***

Marriage

1.05 (1.03–1.06)***

1.02 (1.01–1.04)*

Religion

0.96 (0.95–0.97)***

0.97 (0.96–0.98)***

Gun sellers

1.08 (1.06–1.10)***

Prescribing

1.10 (1.09–1.12)***

Over-dispersion

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***

***

***

AIC

51,505

51,412

50,786

50,447

R2

0.4

0.37

0.81

0.87

N

12,240

12,240

12,240

12,240