Table 4

Crude and adjusted odds ratios for handgun purchase within three years of death among female Californians age 21 and older who died from selected injury causes in 1998, compared with women who died from non-injury causes

No exposed/No unexposedOdds ratios (95% confidence intervals)
Cause of deathCasesControlsUnadjustedAdjusted*p Value
*Adjusted for age, race, education, and marital status.
†Combines homicide and suicide.
Intentional violence†37/94249/106 82585.6 (55.6 to 131.9)26.2 (15.0 to 45.8)<0.001
Any gun injury32/32349/106 825216.0 (136.5 to 341.7)73.2 (41.0 to 130.7)<0.001
Suicide36/63549/106 825123.6 (79.8 to 191.4)33.9 (19.3 to 59.3)<0.001
Gun suicide32/17149/106 825408.0 (255.0 to 652.8)109.8 (61.6 to 195.7)<0.001
Non-gun suicide4/46449/106 82518.8 (6.8 to 52.3)4.6 (1.5 to 14.5)0.009
Homicide1/30749/106 8257.1 (1.0 to 51.6)2.5 (0.3 to 20.1)0.400
Gun homicide0/15149/106 825
Non-gun homicide1/15649/106 82514.0 (1.9 to 101.8)4.0 (0.5 to 32.8)0.195
Gun unintentional0/149/106 825