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Table 2 Information on clusters of high risk at the SLA level

From: Spatial clusters of suicide in Australia

Type

Radius (km)

Cluster number in figures

SLA number(s) and location

Cluster radius (km)

Area (km2)

Population

Number of cases

Expected cases

RR

95% CI

P value

Primary (male)

100 km/400 km

A

1(Mornington Shire, northwest of QLD)

0

1,231.25

397

12

0.45

26.49

15.07, 45.95

<0.001

Secondary (male)

100 km

B1

1(Bathurst-Melville, north of NT)

0

7,492.01

873

13

0.98

13.25

7.59, 22.69

<0.001

  

B2

24 (Darwin, NT)

10.58

250.90

26,077

58

30.88

1.88

1.50, 2.51

0.037

  

C

13 (East of QLD)

80.45

15,917.11

68,830

128

77.52

1.66

1.37, 1.98

<0.001

  

D

8 (Central Coast areas, NSW)

66.45

13,740.91

140,699

222

160.32

1.39

1.21, 1.58

0.012

  

E

6 (Adelaide, SA)

5.32

95.57

51,536

99

60.51

1.64

1.38, 2.05

0.019

 

400 km

B1

1(Bathurst-Melville, north of NT)

0

7,492.01

873

13

0.98

13.25

7.59, 22.69

<0.001

  

B3

6 (Inland of NT)

367.33

661,409.44

8,765

30

9.81

3.07

2.09, 4.28

0.0012

  

C

66 (East of QLD)

272.48

157,690.60

309,537

461

349.24

1.34

1.19, 1.44

<0.001

  

D

58 (Northeast NSW & south of QLD)

261.50

180,322.20

388,923

559

438.63

1.29

1.16, 1.38

<0.001

  

E

6 (Adelaide, SA)

5.32

95.57

51,536

99

60.51

1.64

1.38, 2.05

0.026

  

F

47 (Southeast VIC & north of TAS)

284.63

64,048.26

185,052

277

209.16

1.33

1.16, 1.48

0.027

Primary (female)

100 km/400 km

 

7 (Melbourne area, VIC)

6.00

88.46

154,518

74

39.33

1.91

1.52, 2.41

0.001