Association Between Rurality and Suicide Rates in NC
Stratified Quasi-Poisson Models, 2012–2021
Predictor	IRR (95% CI)	P-value
All
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.94 (0.84, 1.05)	0.248
Median Age	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.88 (0.78, 1.00)	0.054
Region: Piedmont	0.71 (0.63, 0.80)	<0.001
White
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.96 (0.84, 1.10)	0.576
Median Age	1.03 (1.02, 1.05)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.82 (0.70, 0.95)	0.010
Region: Piedmont	0.68 (0.59, 0.78)	<0.001
Black
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.74 (0.56, 0.99)	0.043
Median Age	0.94 (0.92, 0.97)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	1.76 (1.21, 2.61)	0.005
Region: Piedmont	1.48 (1.04, 2.15)	0.037
Male
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.90 (0.81, 1.01)	0.080
Median Age	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.89 (0.79, 1.02)	0.096
Region: Piedmont	0.71 (0.63, 0.81)	<0.001
Female
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	1.06 (0.93, 1.22)	0.360
Median Age	1.03 (1.02, 1.04)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.85 (0.73, 0.98)	0.030
Region: Piedmont	0.72 (0.63, 0.83)	<0.001
White Male
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.93 (0.81, 1.07)	0.336
Median Age	1.03 (1.02, 1.05)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.83 (0.71, 0.97)	0.024
Region: Piedmont	0.68 (0.58, 0.79)	<0.001
White Female
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	1.06 (0.92, 1.24)	0.427
Median Age	1.04 (1.03, 1.05)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	0.78 (0.66, 0.92)	0.004
Region: Piedmont	0.68 (0.58, 0.80)	<0.001
Black Male
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.43 (0.18, 0.98)	0.047
Median Age	1.14 (1.05, 1.23)	0.002
Region: Mountain	0.92 (0.36, 2.30)	0.850
Region: Piedmont	0.66 (0.21, 2.01)	0.463
Black Female
Rural (vs Non-Rural)	0.81 (0.54, 1.22)	0.297
Median Age	0.94 (0.90, 0.97)	<0.001
Region: Mountain	2.43 (1.36, 4.63)	0.005
Region: Piedmont	2.27 (1.33, 4.20)	0.006