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Table 3 Age-specific suicide rates per 100,000 population for Ethiopian immigrants in three periods of the study and rate ratios (95% confidence intervals are indicated in parentheses)

From: Suicide rates and risk factors for suicide among Israeli immigrants from Ethiopia (1985–2017)

 

Period

Age (years)

15–24

25–44

45–64

Total

1985–2000

22.8 (15.8–31.8)

30.6 (22.3–41.0)

51.4 (35.6–71.9)

2001–2010

44.8 (35.6–55.7)

31.3 (24.9–38.9)

29.4 (20.0–41.8)

2011–2017

20.7 (13.0–31.4)

22.8 (17.4–29.4)

26.5 (17.9–37.8)

Rate ratio (1985–2000 / 2001–2010)

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

1.7 (1.0–2.9)

Rate ratio (1985–2000 / 2011–2017)

1.1 (0.5–2.5)

1.3 (0.9–2.0)

1.9 (1.2–3.3)

Males

1985–2000

37.3 (24.8–53.8)

36.6 (24.1–53.2)

72.8 (46.7–108.4)

2001–2010

75.7 (59.1–95.5)

53.3 (41.3–67.7)

41.5 (25.7–63.5)

2011–2017

[33.3 (19.7–52.6)]

37.7 (27.9–49.9)

45.5 (29.4–67.1)

Rate ratio (1985–2000 / 2001–2010)

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

0.7 (0.4–1.1)

1.8 (0.9–3.3)

Rate ratio (1985–2000 / 2011–2017)

[1.1 (0.6–2.1)]

1.0 (0.6–1.6)

1.6 (0.9–2.9)

  1. Note. Values in brackets are based on fewer than 20 cases
  2. (there were insufficient cases to make the analysis among females)