Suicide in Canadian veterans living in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study linking routinely collected data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the risk of death by suicide in male veterans with age-matched civilians.

Design

Retrospective cohort study linking provincial administrative databases between 1990 and 2013 with follow-up complete until death or December 31, 2015.

Setting

Population-based study in Ontario, Canada.

Participants

Ex-serving Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police veterans living in Ontario who registered for provincial health insurance were included. A civilian comparator group was matched 4:1 on age and sex.

Main outcome

Death by suicide was classified using standard cause of death diagnosis codes from a provincial registry of mandatory data collected from death certificates. Fine and Gray sub-distribution hazards regression compared

SUBMITTER: Mahar AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature