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Table 3 Correlation between the age-standardized suicide ratio and the prevalence of concomitant diseases* across occupations among female workers deceased by suicide (SNC, 1990–2014)

From: Prevalence of somatic and psychiatric morbidity across occupations in Switzerland and its correlation with suicide mortality: results from the Swiss National Cohort (1990–2014)

Occupationa

Nb of suicide

Risk of suicide

Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs

74. Other craft and related trades workers

29

0.65 (0.44–0.93)

0.00 (0.00–8.23)

3.45 (0.37–15.01)

61. Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

46

0.65 (0.49–0.87)

0.00 (0.00–9.20)

2.17 (0.00–12.38)

13. Managers of small enterprises

23

0.68 (0.43–1.02)

0.00 (0.00–10.24)

4.35 (0.47–18.58)

72. Metal, machinery and related trades workers

12

0.69 (0.35–1.20)

0.00 (0.00–18.53)

8.33 (0.91–32.85)

23. Teaching professionals

78

0.78 (0.63–0.98)

0.00 (0.00–5.63)

2.56 (0.16–9.42)

12. Corporate managers

87

0.84 (0.68–1.04)

0.00 (0.00–5.07)

2.30 (0.14–8.49)

91. Sales and services elementary occupations

113

0.84 (0.69–1.00)

0.00 (0.00–3.95)

3.54 (1.09–9.04)

52. Models, salespersons and demonstrators

216

0.87 (0.76–0.99)

0.00 (0.00–2.10)

4.17 (2.10–7.84)

33. Teaching associate professionals

108

0.88 (0.73–1.06)

0.00 (0.00–4.13)

3.70 (1.14–9.44)

31. Physical and engineering science associate professionals

55

0.93 (0.71–1.21)

0.00 (0.00–7.80)

5.45 (1.29–15.44)

41. Office clerks

515

0.93 (0.85–1.01)

0.00 (0.00–0.89)

2.14 (1.15–3.83)

82. Machine operators and assemblers

31

0.97 (0.68–1.38)

0.00 (0.00–7.72)

3.23 (0.35–14.10)

10. Legislators, senior officials and managers

16

0.99 (0.57–1.62)

6.25 (0.68–25.69)

6.25 (0.68–25.69)

32. Life science and health associate professionals

232

1.02 (0.90–1.16)

0.00 (0.00–1.96)

2.16 (0.78–5.09)

51. Personal and protective services workers

349

1.03 (0.93–1.15)

0.00 (0.00–1.31)

2.01 (0.89–4.17)

34. Other associate professionals

230

1.04 (0.91–1.18)

0.00 (0.00–1.98)

3.04 (1.36–6.27)

21. Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals

24

1.05 (0.67–1.57)

0.00 (0.00–9.84)

0.00 (0.00–9.84)

42. Customer services clerks

103

1.10 (0.91–1.33)

0.00 (0.00–4.32)

2.91 (0.63–8.58)

73. Precision, handicraft, craft printing and related trade workers

31

1.15 (0.81–1.63)

0.00 (0.00–7.72)

6.45 (1.36–19.12)

93. Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport

263

1.19 (1.05–1.34)

0.00 (0.00–1.73)

1.52 (0.45–3.99)

22. Life science and health professionals

31

1.22 (0.86–1.74)

0.00 (0.00–7.72)

3.23 (0.35–14.10)

24. Other professionals

133

1.22 (1.03–1.44)

0.75 (0.00–4.56)

4.51 (1.88–9.70)

83. Drivers and mobile plant operators

13

1.83 (0.98–3.14)

0.00 (0.00–17.26)

0.00 (0.00–17.26)

Spearman’s [5] correlation with Holm-Bonferroni correction (p-value < 0.01**, < 0.05*)

  

0.20

−0.05

  1. *Only diseases, which prevalence varied statistically significantly across occupations are presented. For each disease, the prevalence is reported with associated 95%-confidence interval (95%-CI)
  2. aOccupations are coded based on the 2-digit International Standard Classification of Occupations, version 88 and limited to those with at least 10 observed suicides; Occupations are sorted by increasing risk of suicide, reported as the age-standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and associated 95%-CI