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Table 1 Socio-demographic risk and protective factors for suicide in the Netherlands

From: Identifying socio-demographic risk factors for suicide using data on an individual level

Categories

Characteristics

Beta Parameters

Std. errors

t-tests

Odds-ratio

N(%) training set

N(%) suicides training set

Age

10 to 19

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

79,525(13%)

195(3%)

20 to 29

0.95

0.10

9.40***

2.58

80,131(13%)

541(9%)

30 to 39

1.39

0.11

12.52***

4.01

79,243(13%)

677(12%)

40 to 49

1.74

0.11

15.82***

5.70

97,348(16%)

1159(20%)

50 to 59

1.9

0.11

17.27***

6.69

97,423(16%)

1487(25%)

60 to 69

1.56

0.11

13.68***

4.76

82,917(14%)

945(16%)

70 to 79

1.40

0.12

11.57***

4.06

53,098(9%)

533(9%)

80 or older

1.13

0.13

8.83***

3.10

32,585(5%)

317(5%)

Gender

Female

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

305,867(51%)

1887(32%)

Male

0.96

0.03

30.00***

2.60

296,403(49%)

3967(68%)

Personal income/year

Less than 10,000

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

170,265(28%)

963(16%)

10,000 to 20,000

−0.12

0.05

−2.42*

0.89

133,646(22%)

1878(32%)

20,000 to 30,000

−0.21

0.06

−3.63***

0.81

96,273(16%)

1120(19%)

30,000 to 40,000

−0.17

0.07

−2.49*

0.85

75,794(13%)

816(14%)

40,000 to 50,000

−0.31

0.08

−3.89***

0.73

48,697(8%)

426(7%)

50,000 to 75,000

−0.31

0.09

−3.52***

0.74

51,114(8%)

431(7%)

75,000 to 100,000

−0.27

0.12

−2.23*

0.76

14,750(2%)

124(2%)

100,000 to 150,000

−0.27

0.15

−1.72

0.77

8003(1%)

66(1%)

More than 150,000

−0.44

0.22

−1.97*

0.64

3728(1%)

30(1%)

Household income/year

Less than 20,000

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

52,404(9%)

1147(20%)

20,000 to 40,000

−0.18

0.05

−3.49***

0.84

129,459(21%)

1712(29%)

40,000 to 60,000

−0.31

0.07

−4.65***

0.74

105,090(17%)

958(16%)

60,000 to 80,000

−0.31

0.08

−4.11***

0.73

95,590(16%)

711(12%)

80,000 to 100,000

−0.32

0.08

−3.77***

0.73

75,645(13%)

508(9%)

100,000 to 150,000

−0.43

0.09

−4.85***

0.65

98,135(16%)

557(10%)

150,000 to 200,000

−0.46

0.12

−3.86***

0.63

28,459(5%)

151(3%)

More than 200,000

−0.26

0.14

−1.88

0.77

17,488(3%)

110(2%)

Household wealth

Less than − 100,000

0.09

0.11

0.84

1.10

13,279(2%)

98(2%)

−100,000 to − 80,000

0.45

0.13

3.38***

1.57

6008(1%)

63(1%)

−80,000 to −60,000

0.09

0.12

0.72

1.09

10,561(2%)

77(1%)

−60,000 to −40,000

−0.00

0.09

−0.01

1.00

18,992(3%)

135(2%)

−40,000 to −20,000

−0.08

0.08

−1.08

0.92

29,613(5%)

204(3%)

−20,000 to 0

−0.01

0.05

−0.15

0.99

65,468(11%)

709(12%)

0 to 20,000

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

132,799(22%)

1753(30%)

20,000 to 40,000

0.05

0.06

0.84

1.05

38,994(6%)

356(6%)

40,000 to 60,000

−0.03

0.08

−0.33

0.98

26,999(4%)

213(4%)

60,000 to 80,000

0.06

0.08

0.69

1.06

21,684(4%)

184(3%)

80,000 to 100,000

0.12

0.08

1.37

1.12

19,393(3%)

170(3%)

100,000 to 150,000

0.08

0.06

1.31

1.09

43,924(7%)

362(6%)

150,000 to 200,000

0.05

0.07

0.72

1.05

36,455(6%)

289(5%)

More than 200,000

0.25

0.05

5.45***

1.29

138,101(23%)

1241(21%)

Education level

Unknown

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

243,871(40%)

2622(45%)

Low

−0.04

0.05

−0.96

0.96

135,166(22%)

1138(19%)

Middle

−0.05

0.04

−1.31

0.95

126,604(21%)

1338(23%)

High

−0.20

0.05

−4.28***

0.82

96,629(16%)

756(13%)

Immigration background

Dutch

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

479,538(80%)

4861(83%)

Western non-Dutch

0.15

0.04

4.23***

1.17

55,507(9%)

618(11%)

Non-Western

−0.47

0.05

−10.28***

0.63

67,225(11%)

375(6%)

1st generation immigrant

−0.33

0.04

−8.42***

0.72

66,276(11%)

490(8%)

2nd generation immigrant

0.02

0.04

0.37

1.02

56,456(9%)

503(9%)

Urbanicity

Less than 10,000 people

0.16

0.15

1.05

1.17

5125(1%)

52(1%)

10,000 to 100,000 people

0.10

0.04

2.67**

1.10

259,489(43%)

2465(42%)

More than 100,000 people

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

332,825(55%)

3285(56%)

Low address density

−0.00

0.04

−0.04

1.00

175,387(29%)

1689(29%)

Medium address density

−0.00

0.04

−0.18

0.99

100,540(17%)

974(17%)

High address density

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

321,512(53%)

3139(54%)

Place in household

Kid living at home

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

111,592(19%)

464(8%)

Living alone

0.56

0.08

7.15***

1.75

114,055(19%)

2592(44%)

Part non married couple without kids

−0.01

0.09

−0.14

0.99

41,826(7%)

378(6%)

Part non married couple with kids

−0.46

0.10

−4.47***

0.63

132,559(22%)

990(17%)

Part married couple without kids

−0.45

0.08

−5.66***

0.64

32,483(5%)

192(3%)

Part married couple with kids

−0.55

0.08

−6.82***

0.58

128,513(21%)

768(13%)

Member institutional household

0.02

0.11

0.18

1.02

10,339(2%)

183(3%)

Parent of single parent household

−0.10

0.11

− 0.95

0.91

22,115(4%)

211(4%)

Reference person other household

0.16

0.26

0.61

1.17

1578(0%)

17(0%)

Other place household

−0.07

0.15

−0.45

0.94

7210(1%)

59(1%)

Healthcare costs/year

Less than 1000

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

407,142(68%)

2834(48%)

(excl. Mental health care)

1000 to 5000

0.33

0.03

9.85***

1.39

137,936(23%)

1816(31%)

5000 to 10,000

0.59

0.05

11.41***

1.80

29,758(5%)

535(9%)

More than 10,000

0.80

0.05

16.56***

2.23

27,434(5%)

669(11%)

Social benefits

Unfit for work benefits (UFW)

0.64

0.04

14.51***

1.89

25,196(4%)

966(17%)

Long term unemployment benefits (LTU)

0.23

0.06

3.94***

1.26

22,089(4%)

577(10%)

Short term unemployment benefits

0.19

0.06

3.33***

1.21

31,920(5%)

406(7%)

Both UFW and LTU

−0.30

0.20

−1.51

0.74

699(0%)

32(1%)

Province

Groningen

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

17,791(3%)

232(4%)

Drenthe

−0.06

0.10

−0.63

0.94

17,727(3%)

194(3%)

Utrecht

−0.21

0.08

−2.52*

0.81

44,708(7%)

388(7%)

Noord-Holland

−0.23

0.07

−3.13**

0.79

98,542(16%)

902(15%)

Zuid-Holland

−0.21

0.07

−2.94**

0.81

127,000(21%)

1095(19%)

Noord-Brabant

−0.01

0.07

−0.17

0.99

89,342(15%)

978(17%)

Limburg

−0.21

0.08

−2.61**

0.81

40,603(7%)

409(7%)

Overijssel

0.23

0.08

2.72**

1.26

40,315(7%)

354(6%)

Flevoland

−0.11

0.12

−0.92

0.90

13,721(2%)

116(2%)

Zeeland

−0.11

0.11

−0.98

0.90

13,449(2%)

141(2%)

Gelderland

−0.09

0.07

−1.19

0.92

72,524(12%)

725(12%)

Friesland

0.03

0.09

0.34

1.03

21,717(4%)

268(5%)

Year

2014

0

Fixed

Fixed

1

149,977(25%)

1406(24%)

2015

0.10

0.04

2.59**

1.10

150,595(25%)

1468(25%)

2016

0.10

0.04

2.62**

1.11

151,830(25%)

1475(25%)

2017

0.14

0.04

3.70***

1.15

149,868(25%)

1505(26%)

Other

Self Employed

−0.05

0.06

−0.83

0.95

34,287(6%)

335(6%)

Main Earner of Household

−0.06

0.05

−1.29

0.94

310,036(51%)

4244(72%)

Has a legal debt repayment plan

−0.30

0.19

−1.58

0.74

1428(0%)

31(1%)

In mental health care

2.04

0.03

64.97***

7.69

32,921(5%)

2134(36%)

  1. Significance levels: *** < 0.001 < ** < 0.01 < * < 0.05