Table 2 Association between social environment characteristics and suicide rate in the total population and at different urbanization levels

% of population aged 65 and older eligible for the basic pension

0.09 (0.04, 0.14)^*

0.08 (-0.10, 0.26)

0.08 (0.02, 0.14)^*

0.09 (0.03, 0.14)^*

% vacant houses in the area

0.16 (0.07, 0.25)^*

0.34 (0.13, 0.54)^*

0.03 (-0.09, 0.15)

0.20 (0.04, 0.35)^*

% divorce

1.88 (0.99, 2.76)^*

-2.23 (-4.47, 0.01)

3.81 (2.70, 4.92)^*

4.13 (2.98, 5.28)^*

% single elderly households

0.05 (-0.02, 0.12)

-0.32 (-0.66, 0.02)

0.06 (0.00, 0.12)^*

0.13 (-0.08, 0.34)

% detached houses

0.04 (0.02, 0.06)^*

0.03 (-0.04, 0.11)

0.09 (0.06, 0.11)^*

-0.01 (-0.05, 0.03)

% of people who regularly participated in religious activities

-0.11 (-0.17, -0.05)^*

-0.05 (-0.17, 0.07)

-0.25 (-0.32, -0.18)^*

0.02 (-0.06, 0.10)

Number of sports facilities per 1,000 persons

-2.85 (-6.23, 0.52)

-3.66 (-8.59, 1.26)

-2.60 (-13.87, 8.67)

-35.12 (-68.55, -1.74)^*

Park area per person (km²)

-0.01 (-0.02, 0.00)

0.04 (-0.01, 0.08)

-0.01 (-0.02, 0.00)

-0.01 (-0.03, 0.00)^*

% current smokers

0.17 (0.06, 0.28)^*

0.20 (-0.06, 0.47)

0.07 (-0.09, 0.22)

0.11 (0.00, 0.22)^*

% of people exhibiting high-risk drinking

-0.05 (-0.13, 0.03)

-0.02 (-0.19, 0.14)

-0.05 (-0.16, 0.06)

-0.01 (-0.09, 0.08)

% of population with recognized stress

-0.01 (-0.07, 0.06)

0.02 (-0.12, 0.16)

0.02 (-0.08, 0.11)

0.04 (-0.02, 0.11)

% of population with obesity

0.09 (0.00, 0.18)

0.01 (-0.20, 0.21)

0.01 (-0.13, 0.15)

0.02 (-0.09, 0.12)