Table 3

Male suicide rate by firearms change over time (reference: mean annual male suicide rate in 1986–1990 by each of age groups and types of regions)

Population group	Time period	RR	95% CI	p Value
15–34 years	2001–2005	0.22	0.08 to 0.36	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.39	0.28 to 0.51	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.78	0.69 to 0.87	<0.001
35–54 years	2001–2005	0.39	0.26 to 0.51	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.52	0.40 to 0.64	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.83	0.72 to 0.94	0.001
55–74 years	2001–2005	0.43	0.28 to 0.57	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.63	0.49 to 0.76	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.88	0.75 to 1.01	0.049
75 years and over	2001–2005	0.45	0.21 to 0.69	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.66	0.43 to 0.89	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.83	0.59 to 1.06	0.103
Capital cities	2001–2005	0.33	0.21 to 0.45	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.46	0.35 to 0.57	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.78	0.69 to 0.88	<0.001
Regional centres	2001–2005	0.32	0.17 to 0.48	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.47	0.33 to 0.61	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.78	0.65 to 0.90	<0.001
Rural and remote areas	2001–2005	0.41	0.29 to 0.53	<0.001
	1996–2000	0.61	0.50 to 0.72	<0.001
	1991–1995	0.91	0.81 to 1.00	0.048