Table 2 Validity of NVDRS Military History Variable for Suicide and undetermined intent deaths, overall and stratified by sex and age at death

Suicide Deaths

Overall

87.29%

(87.08%, 87.49%)

85.01%

(84.44%, 85.57%)

87.66%

(87.45%, 87.88%)

70.94%

(70.28%, 71.59%)

97.87%

(97.76%, 97.97%)

By Sex

Female

91.38%

(91.02%, 91.73%)

62.06%

(58.47%, 65.56%)

92.29%

(91.94%, 92.63%)

63.77%

(60.15%, 67.28%)

98.86%

(98.71%, 99.00%)

Male

86.15%

(85.91%, 86.38%)

86.15%

(85.58%, 86.70%)

86.15%

(85.88%, 86.40%)

71.23%

(70.56%, 71.89%)

97.52%

(97.39%, 97.64%)

By Age

17–39

89.20%

(88.89%, 89.51%)

77.58%

(76.20%, 79.09%)

90.11%

(89.80%, 90.42%)

58.64%

(57.07%, 60.20%)

98.33%

(98.19%, 98.47%)

40–64

88.78%

(88.50%, 89.06%)

81.10%

(80.13%,82.03%)

89.94%

(89.65%, 90.23%)

81.67%

(80.71%, 82.60%)

97.55%

(97.39%, 97.70%)

65+

79.77%

(79.20%, 80.34%)

92.77%

(92.09%, 93.41%)

73.93%

(73.18%, 74.66%)

68.16%

(67.15%, 69.17%)

97.56%

(97.24%, 97.86%)

Undetermined Intent Deaths

Overall

90.74%

(90.31%, 91.16%)

79.91%

(77.63%, 82.05%)

91.55%

(91.13%, 91.97%)

69.92%

(67.52%, 72.24%)

98.59%

(98.39%, 98.77%)

By Sex

Female

93.43%

(92.80%, 94.03%)

53.40%

(43.30%, 63.30%)

94.07%

(93.46%, 94.64%)

52.88%

(42.84%, 62.46%)

99.28%

(99.03%, 99.48%)

Male

89.30%

(88.74%, 89.85%)

82.17%

(79.89%, 84.30%)

90.08%

(89.51%, 90.64%)

71.19%

(68.73%, 73.57%)

98.17%

(97.88%, 98.43%)

By Age

17–39

93.67%

(93.09%, 94.21%)

76.77%

(71.54%, 81.46%)

94.36%

(93.80%, 94.88%)

70.59%

(65.29%, 75.51%)

99.08%

(98.82%, 99.29%)

40–64

89.53%

(88.90%, 90.13%)

77.95%

(74.83%, 80.85%)

90.50%

(89.88%, 91.11%)

71.31%

(68.10%, 74.37%)

98.24%

(97.93%, 98.51%)

65+

83.33%

(81.26%, 85.27%)

89.60%

(85.13%, 93.10%)

81.95%

(79.57%, 84.15%)

65.88%

(60.57%, 70.92%)

98.09%

(97.00%, 98.87%)

Note. NVDRS = National Violent Death Reporting System; CI = Confidence Interval