Joinpoint (years) | Segment | APC† | 95% CI | |
Men aged 15–34 years | ||||
All methods: total rate | 1981–1999 | 1.1* | (0.5 to 1.7) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −8.4* | (−11.0 to −5.7) | |
Hanging | 1981–1999 | 5.5* | (4.5 to 6.4) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −7.1* | (−10.4 to −3.6) | |
Firearms | 1981–1996 | −2.7* | (−4.1 to −1.3) | |
1996 | 1996–2006 | −11.1* | (−14.8 to −7.2) | |
Gas poisoning | 1981–1995 | 4.6* | (1.9 to 7.3) | |
1995 | 1995–2006 | −13.0* | (−17.3 to −8.4) | |
Solid or liquid poisoning | 1981–2006 | −5.2* | (−6.5 to −4.0) | |
Other methods | 1981–2006 | −1.0 | (−2.1 to 0.2) | |
Men aged 35–64 years | ||||
All methods: total rate | 1981–1999 | −0.8 | (−3.1 to 1.4) | |
1989 | 1989–1999 | 3.2* | (1.5 to 4.9) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −3.5* | (−5.6 to −1.4) | |
Hanging | 1981–1991 | 1.0 | (−1.6 to 3.8) | |
1991 | 1991–1999 | 10.4* | (6.7 to 14.1) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −3.9* | (−6.5 to −1.3) | |
Firearms | 1981–1997 | −1.2* | (−2.0 to −0.4) | |
1997 | 1997–2006 | −5.6* | (−7.6 to −3.6) | |
Gas poisoning | 1981–1995 | 6.0* | (3.7 to 8.4) | |
1995 | 1995–2006 | −6.3* | (−8.8 to −3.7) | |
Solid or liquid poisoning | 1981–2006 | −0.8 | (−1.9 to 0.3) | |
Other methods | 1981–2006 | −0.5 | (−1.4 to 0.3) | |
Men aged 65 years and over | ||||
All methods: total rate | 1981–2006 | −0.6 | (−1.3 to 0.1) | |
Hanging | 1981–2006 | 0.2 | (−0.9 to 1.4) | |
Firearms | 1981–2006 | −1.0 | (−2.0 to 0.1) | |
Gas poisoning‡ | 1981–2006 | – | – | |
Solid or liquid poisoning‡ | 1981–2006 | – | – | |
Other methods | 1981–2006 | −2.8* | (−3.9 to −1.7) | |
Men: all ages§ | ||||
All methods: total rate | 1981–1999 | 1.3* | (0.7 to 1.9) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −4.2* | (−6.3 to −2.0) | |
Hanging | 1981–1999 | 5.0* | (4.2 to 5.8) | |
1999 | 1999–2006 | −3.2* | (−5.7 to −0.7) | |
Firearms | 1981–1997 | −1.7* | (−2.3 to −1.1) | |
1997 | 1997–2006 | −6.8* | (−8.3 to −5.2) | |
Gas poisoning | 1981–1995 | 5.4* | (3.7 to 7.1) | |
1995 | 1995–2006 | −8.1* | (−10.2 to −6.0) | |
Solid or liquid poisoning | 1981–2006 | −1.5* | (−2.5 to −0.5) | |
Other methods | 1981–2006 | −1.0* | (−1.8 to −0.2) |
Sources: MSSS, Quebec death database from 1981 to 2006.
MSSS, demographic outlook.
↵* Annual percentage change (APC) is statistically significantly different from zero (two-sided p<0.05, calculated using a t test).
↵† APC, that is, the slope of the line segment.
↵‡ Dropped from the analysis because the log-linear model does not deal with a rate equal at zero.
↵§ Age-adjusted rates, Quebec population in 2001.