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Table 1 Incident Rate Ratio (“IRR”) of suicide rates

From: Suicide rates in China, 2004–2014: comparing data from two sample-based mortality surveillance systems

Variables

IRR (95% CI)

P

Years*

0.93 (0.92, 0.93)

<.0001

Age groups*

1.29 (1.28, 1.30)

<.0001

Sex (ref = male)

<.0001

 Female

0.79 (0.75, 0.83)

 

Residence (ref = urban)

<.0001

 Rural

1.93 (1.84, 2.03)

 

Source (ref = MOH-VR)

0.04

 CDC-DSP

1.18 (1.13, 1.24)

 

Residence*Source

0.0003

 Urban CDC-DSP (ref = Urban MOH-VR)

1.08 (1.00, 1.16)

 

 Rural CDC-DSP (ref = Rural MOH-VR)

1.29 (1.21, 1.38)

 
  1. Year, age, sex and residence specific suicide rates from the MOH-VR and CDC-DSP Systems are compared in Table 1. Years and age groups are continuous variables. Years range from “1 = 2004” to “9 = 2012” and age groups range from “1 = 10–15 years” to “16 = 85+ years”