Household firearm ownership | |||
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R2 | Regression coefficient | p Value | |
Overall | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.58 | 0.16*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.36 |
Overall suicide | 0.28 | 0.14*** | <0.001 |
Males | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.59 | 0.27*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.21 |
Overall suicide | 0.31 | 0.24*** | <0.001 |
Females | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.45 | 0.05*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.002 | −0.004 | 0.78 |
Overall suicide | 0.16 | 0.05** | 0.01 |
Ages 0–17 | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.62 | 0.02*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.003 | −0.001 | 0.70 |
Overall suicide | 0.39 | 0.02*** | <0.001 |
Ages 15–29 | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.67 | 0.17*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.005 | 0.01 | 0.66 |
Overall suicide | 0.47 | 0.18*** | <0.001 |
Ages 30–54 | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.62 | 0.21*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.0002 | 0.003 | 0.92 |
Overall suicide | 0.29 | 0.21*** | <0.001 |
Ages 55+ | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.42 | 0.23*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.13 | −0.07* | 0.02 |
Overall suicide | 0.15 | 0.16** | 0.01 |
White people | |||
Firearm suicide | 0.56 | 0.19*** | <0.001 |
Non-firearm suicide | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.32 |
Overall suicide | 0.30 | 0.17*** | <0.001 |
p Values were obtained using OLS regression.
***p=0.001; **p=0.01; *p=0.05.
†Household firearm ownership prevalence ranges from 5.2% to 49.9%%, with a SD of 8.8%.
‡Suicide rates (deaths per 100 000 persons), for the population as a whole, vary from 5.6–18.1, firearm suicide rates from 1.1–10.0, and non-firearm suicide rates from 3.6–8.1.
MD, metropolitan division; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.