Table 2 Number of suicides (No), standardised mortality ratio* (SMR) and 95% CI for Army males aged 16–24 years and for all ages, by 5-year time period, 1984–2007

Time period	All ages			16–19 years old			20–24 years old
Time period	No	SMR	95% CI	No	SMR	95% CI	No	SMR	95% CI
1984–1988	88	62	50 to 76	10	71	34 to 130	33	73	52 to 102
1989–1993	124	80	67 to 95	23	184	117 to 276	49	94	71 to 124
1994–1998	99	78	64 to 95	15	236	132 to 390	40	111	81 to 151
1999–2003	74	66	53 to 83	14	167	91 to 281	22	81	51 to 123
2003–2007	52	63	48 to 82	8	154	67 to 304	15	76	42 to 125
Overall	421	70	64 to 77	68	150	118 to 190	147	87	75 to 102

*Standardised by calendar year (1984, 1985, …, 2007).