Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention - Gannett Health ...

AnalysisPopulation characteristics that might confound the analysis• Suicide rates could be expected to decrease independent of the interventioif over the course of the study period– There were an increased proportion of females– African-Americans– Individuals younger than 25 or older than 34– Higher rank individuals (rank is considered a proxy for socioeconomic status– Married personnel– An increase in those discharged for a disability due to mental illness.• A z- test statistic and the 95% confidence intervals was used fordetermining whether there were significant differences in these populatiocharacteristics in the unexposed versus the exposed cohorts.