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Table 5 The interaction of temperature on unemployment rate on suicide

From: Associations between climate variability, unemployment and suicide in Australia: a multicity study

City

Parameter Estimates

All

Male

Female

RR

95 % CI

P-value

RR

95 % CI

P-value

RR

95 % CI

P-value

Sydney

High ΔT*High UER

1.22

1.14

1.29

0.001

1.20

1.12

1.29

0.001

1.27

1.11

1.43

0.003

Low ΔT* High UER

1.13

1.07

1.19

0.001

1.11

1.04

1.18

0.005

1.26

1.14

1.39

0.001

High ΔT*Low UER

1.01

0.93

1.09

0.855

0.99

0.90

1.18

0.891

1.00

0.83

1.16

0.982

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Melbourne

High ΔT*High UER

1.14

1.06

1.22

0.001

1.15

1.05

1.24

0.005

1.18

1.02

1.35

0.044

Low ΔT* High UER

1.06

1.00

1.13

0.061

1.08

1.00

1.15

0.049

1.14

1.00

1.27

0.051

High ΔT*Low UER

0.97

0.88

1.05

0.413

0.99

0.89

1.08

0.790

1.02

0.86

1.19

0.781

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Brisbane

High ΔT*High UER

1.32

1.21

1.43

0.001

1.34

1.22

1.46

0.001

1.33

1.08

1.58

0.023

Low ΔT* High UER

1.09

1.00

1.18

0.056

1.05

0.94

1.15

0.374

1.29

1.10

1.48

0.010

High ΔT*Low UER

1.18

1.07

1.28

0.003

1.17

1.04

1.29

0.014

1.21

0.97

1.44

0.120

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Adelaide

High ΔT*High UER

0.92

0.79

1.06

0.257

0.92

0.77

1.08

0.340

0.86

0.59

1.13

0.291

Low ΔT* High UER

0.88

0.77

0.99

0.023

0.91

0.78

1.03

0.135

0.82

0.60

1.05

0.085

High ΔT*Low UER

0.89

0.76

1.03

0.110

0.97

0.82

1.13

0.729

0.73

0.44

1.02

0.030

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Perth

High ΔT*High UER

1.11

0.97

1.25

0.129

1.08

0.93

1.24

0.315

1.13

0.84

1.42

0.423

Low ΔT* High UER

1.04

0.94

1.15

0.385

1.06

0.95

1.17

0.294

1.01

0.79

1.23

0.903

High ΔT*Low UER

0.94

0.81

1.08

0.405

0.94

0.79

1.10

0.475

0.98

0.68

1.28

0.909

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Hobart

High ΔT*High UER

1.12

0.86

1.38

0.390

0.96

0.66

1.26

0.790

1.26

0.71

1.81

0.407

Low ΔT* High UER

0.93

0.70

1.16

0.527

1.01

0.76

1.26

0.950

0.55

0.02

1.08

0.026

High ΔT*Low UER

0.99

0.72

1.26

0.938

1.06

0.76

1.35

0.700

1.10

0.51

1.70

0.753

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Darwin

High ΔT*High UER

0.85

0.45

1.24

0.414

1.11

0.72

1.50

0.603

0.90

−0.05

1.84

0.822

Low ΔT* High UER

0.90

0.57

1.23

0.533

1.27

0.93

1.60

0.166

0.71

−0.22

1.65

0.479

High ΔT*Low UER

1.13

0.81

1.45

0.463

1.44

1.06

1.82

0.062

0.93

0.06

1.80

0.874

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

Canberra

High ΔT*High UER

1.34

1.05

1.62

0.049

1.32

0.99

1.65

0.104

1.42

0.82

2.01

0.253

Low ΔT* High UER

1.09

0.87

1.31

0.444

1.11

0.86

1.36

0.418

1.06

0.60

1.53

0.793

High ΔT*Low UER

1.18

0.88

1.48

0.279

1.25

0.91

1.59

0.198

1.05

0.45

1.65

0.875

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   

All eight cities

High ΔT*High UER

1.15

1.11

1.19

0.001

1.15

1.10

1.19

0.001

1.16

1.07

1.24

0.001

Low ΔT* High UER

1.05

1.02

1.09

0.002

1.06

1.02

1.10

0.003

1.10

1.03

1.17

0.005

High ΔT*Low UER

1.00

0.96

1.04

0.962

1.02

0.97

1.07

0.477

0.99

0.90

1.08

0.883

Low ΔT* Low UER

1

   

1

   

1

   
  1. Note: UER (unemployment rate); ΔT (temperature increase). Seasonality, rainfall, temperature, humidity and sunshine were adjusted. The median ΔT and UER of the whole study period in each city were applied to identify high or low ΔT and UER in each city