The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates in Hungary: an interrupted time-series analysis

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for suicide deaths during March-December 2020 using negative binomial (NB) regression

Subgroup	Compared to the expected rates based on the period Jan. 2010 – Feb. 2020					Compared to the expected rates based on the period Jan. 2015 – Feb. 2020
Subgroup	IRR	95% CI			p-value	IRR	95% CI			p-value
Total	1.167^a	1.083	-	1.259	< 0.001	1.123^a	1.034	-	1.22	0.006
GENDER
Male	1.185^a	1.089	-	1.288	< 0.001	1.12^a	1.018	-	1.233	0.02
Female	1.105	0.957	-	1.277	0.173	1.126	0.972	-	1.303	0.113
AGE GROUP
0–34 years	1.103	0.907	-	1.341	0.325	1.127	0.892	-	1.423	0.315
35–49 years	1.328^a	1.165	-	1.513	< 0.001	1.231^a	1.055	-	1.437	0.008
50–64 years	1.109	0.982	-	1.252	0.096	1.038	0.902	-	1.194	0.607
65 + years	1.128	0.998	-	1.275	0.053	1.131	1.055	-	1.272	0.042
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (15–74 YEARS)
Higher Education	1.198	0.96	-	1.496	0.11	1.375^a	1.057	-	1.789	0.018
Secondary Education	1.044	0.902	-	1.208	0.563	1.053	0.884	-	1.254	0.562
Vocational School	1.261^a	1.11	-	1.433	< 0.001	1.159^a	1.004	-	1.339	0.044
At most Primary School	1.178^a	1.018	-	1.363	0.028	1.071	0.901	-	1.273	0.439
NUTS2 REGION
Central Hungary	1.273^a	1.132	-	1.432	< 0.001	1.229^a	1.07	-	1.412	0.004
Central Transdanubia	1.222^a	1.009	-	1.48	0.04	1.276^a	1.017	-	1.6	0.035
Western Transdanubia	1.054	0.843	-	1.318	0.644	1.045	0.806	-	1.356	0.738
Southern Transdanubia	1.052	0.847	-	1.307	0.645	0.964	0.753	-	1.235	0.773
Northern Hungary	1.063	0.881	-	1.284	0.523	1.057	0.852	-	1.311	0.616
Northern Great Plain	1.146	0.99	-	1.325	0.068	1.103	0.929	-	1.309	0.262
Southern Great Plain	1.193	1.026	-	1.388	0.022	1.086	0.919	-	1.283	0.334

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