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Table 3 Population Attributable Fraction (PAF%) for mental disorders and socio-economic status associated with suicide (young adults aged 18–34 years), 2003–2008, New South Wales (Australia)

From: Suicide in young adults: psychiatric and socio-economic factors from a case–control study

 

% controls exposed

Odds ratio (95%CI)

PAF% (95%CI)

Males

   

Substance use disorder

   

No

82.4

1.00

 

Yes

17.6

2.62 (1.11-6.15)

27.9 (11.5-41.2)

Affective disorder

   

No

88.2

1.00

 

Yes

11.8

2.80 (1.10-7.14)

25.4 (11.0-37.4)

Anxiety disorder

   

No

97.1

1.00

 

Yes

2.9

4.13 (0.85-20.22)

11.7 (5.6-17.5)

Socio-economic status

   

High

29.0

1.00

 

Mid

36.0

1.58 (0.61-4.09)

 

Low

35.0

3.08 (1.21-7.82)

46.1 (3.8-69.8)

Females

   

Substance use disorder

   

No

90.5

1.00

 

Yes

9.5

1.12 (0.17-7.58)

3.4 (−66.0-43.8)

Affective disorder

   

No

89.2

1.00

 

Yes

10.8

1.28 (0.15-11.08)

8.3 (−86.7-55.0)

Anxiety disorder

   

No

95.9

1.00

 

Yes

4.1

43.55 (2.56-741.34)

30.1 (28.0-32.0)

Socio-economic status

   

High

25.3

1.00

 

Mid

28.1

0.88 (0.08-10.00)

 

Low

46.6

5.18 (0.68-39.59)

58.1 (−29.1-86.4)

  1. OR = 1.00 (Referent group).