Table 3 The association between meteorological variables, unemployment rate and suicide in Australian capital cities (by suicide methods)
From: Associations between climate variability, unemployment and suicide in Australia: a multicity study
City | Parameter Estimates | Violent | Non-violent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RR | 95 % CI | P-value | RR | 95 % CI | P-value | ||||
Sydney | Temperature (°C) | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.368 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 0.580 |
ΔT (°C) | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.002 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 0.541 | |
Sunshine hours | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.03 | 0.642 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 0.160 | |
UER (%) | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.001 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 0.001 | |
Melbourne | Temperature (°C) | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.185 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 0.769 |
ΔT (°C) | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.105 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 0.860 | |
Sunshine hours | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.11 | 0.010 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 0.517 | |
UER (%) | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.124 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 0.002 | |
Brisbane | Temperature (°C) | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.021 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.01 | 0.100 |
ΔT (°C) | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 0.019 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.301 | |
Sunshine hours | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.01 | 0.106 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 1.06 | 0.710 | |
UER (%) | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.022 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 0.001 | |
Perth | Temperature (°C) | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.04 | 0.670 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.03 | 0.621 |
ΔT (°C) | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.04 | 0.924 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.123 | |
Sunshine hours | 1.02 | 0.96 | 1.09 | 0.491 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 1.10 | 0.586 | |
UER (%) | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 0.684 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 0.001 | |
All eight cities | Temperature (°C) | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.284 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.678 |
ΔT (°C) | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 0.001 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.322 | |
Sunshine hours | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.647 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.378 | |
UER (%) | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.011 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 0.001 | |