From: Suicidal risk factors and completed suicide: meta-analyses based on psychological autopsy studies
Author, published year (reference no.) | Country | No. of cases/controls | Age class, proportion of male (%) | Source of controls | Employment status | OR (95% CI)a |
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Lesage et al. 1994 [16]c | Canada | 75/75 | Young, 100 | Community | Unemployed | 1.24 (0.55–2.80) |
Appleby et al. 1999 [20] | UK | 84/64 | Young, 81 | GP lists | Unemployed | 4.07 (1.56–11.86) |
Foster et al. 1999 [21] | Ireland | 117/117 | All, 79 | GP lists (deceased) | Unemployed | 3.43 (1.46–8.71) |
Cheng et al. 2000 [38] | Taiwan | 113/226 | All, 62 | Community | Unemployed | 2.22 (1.36–3.64) |
Houston et al. 2001 [22]c | UK | 22/22 | Young, 100 | Hospital (DSH) | Unemployed | 1.00 (0.25–4.06) |
Phillips et al. 2002 [35] | China | 519/536 | All, 63 | Community (deceased) | Housewife, retired, or unemployed | 2.33 (1.66–3.28) |
Owens et al. 2003 [24] | UK | 100/100 | All, 67 | GP lists | Unemployed | 2.36 (1.28–4.33) |
Gururaj et al. 2004 [26] | India | 269/269 | All, 64 | Community | Unemployed | 5.53 (2.89–11.27) |
Duberstein et al. 2004 [39] | US | 86/86 | Old, 73 | Community | Unemployed on disability/retired | 3.15 (1.50–6.75) |
Zhang et al. 2004 [25] | China | 66/66 | All, 73 | Community | Unemployed | 1.44 (0.64–3.29) |
Chiu et al. 2004 [36] | Hong Kong | 70/100 | Old, 44 | Community | No job/retired | 0.44 (0.17–1.17) |
Kõlves et al. 2006 [40] | Germany | 163/163 | All, 64 | Community | Illicit work, retired, or unemployed | 2.10 (1.30–3.42) |
Kõlves et al. 2006 [29] | Estonia | 427/427 | All, 80 | GP lists (Community`) | Illicit work, retired, unemployed, or other | 3.10 (2.31–4.14) |
Chen et al. 2006 [30] | Hong Kong | 150/150 | All, 64 | Community | Unemployed | 9.24 (4.81–18.45) |
Harwood et al. 2006 [41] | UK | 54/54 | Old, 68 | Hospital (deceased) | Problems related to occupation/retirement | 9.22 (1.14–416) |
Zonda et al. 2006 [31] | Hungary | 100/100 | All, 67 | Community (deceased) | Unemployed/retired | 1.94 (1.03–3.66) |
Summaryb | No. of populations | |||||
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Total (both genders) | 14 | 2,318/2,458 |
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| 2.71 (2.02–3.62) *P < 0.001 |
Men | 3 | 193/193 |
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| 2.80 (0.47–16.83) *P < 0.001 |
Old | 3 | 210/240 |
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| 1.99 (0.39–10.23) *P = 0.001 |