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Table 4 Associations between decedent characteristics and sensitivity of Oregon NVDRS coding of behavioral health diagnoses, by VA healthcare diagnosis type

From: Accuracy of behavioral health variables in Oregon national violent death reporting system data: a linked cohort study

Characteristic

Depression diagnosisa n = 286

PTSD diagnosisb n = 177

Anxiety disorder diagnosis n = 130

Substance abuse disorder diagnosis n = 211

Any behavioral health disorder diagnosis n = 473

Sensitivity

Bivariable models

Sensitivity

Bivariable models

Sensitivity

Bivariable models

Sensitivity

Bivariable models

Sensitivity

Bivariable models

n

%

OR (95% CI)

n

%

OR (95% CI)

n

%

OR (95% CI)

n

%

OR (95% CI)

n

%

OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

18–55

85

55.6

1.7 (1.1–2.8)

51

48.1

1.4 (0.8–2.6)

11

15.1

0.7 (0.3–1.9)

75

57.7

1.2 (0.7–2.1)

183

75.3

1.8 (1.2–2.7)

 > 55

55

41.4

–

28

39.4

–

11

19.3

–

43

53.1

–

145

63.0

–

Sex

Female

14

56.0

1.4 (0.6–3.1)

*

38.9

0.8 (0.3–2.1)

*

30.0

2.3 (0.5–9.6)

*

81.8

3.8 (0.8–17.8)

23

76.7

1.5 (0.6–3.5)

Male

126

48.3

–

72

45.3

–

19

15.8

–

109

54.5

–

305

68.8

–

Marital Status

Married

50

45.5

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

35

48.6

1.3 (0.7–2.4)

12

27.3

3.2 (1.2–8.3)

32

46.4

0.6 (0.3–1.0)

114

63.7

0.6 (0.4–1.0)

Not Married

90

51.1

–

44

41.9

–

*

10.6

–

86

60.6

–

213

72.7

–

Vietnam Era Veteran

Yes

58

49.2

1.0 (0.6–1.6)

27

35.5

0.5 (0.3–1.0)

*

22.0

1.6 (0.6–4.2)

55

59.1

1.3 (0.7–2.2)

136

68.7

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

No

82

48.8

–

52

51.5

–

13

14.6

–

63

53.4

–

192

69.8

–

Post-9/11 Veteran

Yes

17

47.2

0.9 (0.5–1.9)

25

71.4

4.1 (1.8–9.1)

*

13.6

0.7 (0.2–2.8)

16

59.3

1.2 (0.5–2.7)

43

84.3

2.6 (1.2–5.6)

No

123

49.2

–

54

38.0

–

19

17.6

–

102

55.4

–

285

67.5

–

Ruralitya

Urban

83

48.8

–

47

44.3

–

15

17.9

–

72

59.0

–

196

74.2

–

Rural

56

49.6

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

32

46.4

1.1 (0.6–2.0)

*

15.9

0.9 (0.3–2.3)

44

52.4

0.8 (0.4–1.3)

130

64.0

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

Suicide

Yes

119

50.9

1.5 (0.8–2.8)

62

45.3

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

15

14.2

0.4 (0.1–1.1)

92

56.1

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

270

70.1

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

No

21

40.4

–

17

42.5

–

*

29.2

–

26

55.3

–

58

65.9

–

Mechanism of Death

Firearm

66

42.3

0.6 (0.3–1.0)

44

44.4

1.1 (0.6–2.3)

*

12.7

0.5 (0.1–1.3)

57

55.9

0.9 (0.5–1.8)

160

61.8

0.4 (0.2–0.6)

Poisoning

45

55.6

–

21

41.2

–

*

23.7

–

32

58.2

–

91

82.0

–

Other

29

59.2

1.2 (0.6–2.4)

14

51.9

1.5 (0.6–3.9)

*

17.2

0.7 (0.2–2.3)

29

53.7

0.8 (0.4–1.8)

77

74.8

0.7 (0.3–1.3)

  1. *Numbers are < 10 and are suppressed
  2. Bold font indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05
  3. aRurality data missing for n = 3 with depression diagnosis, n = 2 with PTSD diagnosis, n = 5 with anxiety diagnosis, n = 2 with substance use disorder diagnosis, and n = 6 for any behavioral health disorder diagnosis
  4. bMarital status data missing for n = 1 with anxiety diagnosis and n = 1 with any behavioral health disorder diagnosis
  5. CI confidence interval; NVDRS National Violent Death Reporting System; OR odds ratio; PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder
  6. Note: “–" indicates the reference group for each comparison
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