Adjusted HRs, 95% CIs of antidepressant use in human service professions when compared with non-human service employees at the same skill/education level, by gender
| Men | Women | ||||||
| Code | Job title | N/events | HR* | 95% CI | N/events | HR* | 95% CI |
| Health professionals | |||||||
| 2221 | Medical doctors† | 2033/587 | 1.43 | 1.31 to 1.56 | 1967/691 | 1.13 | 1.04 to 1.22 |
| 323 | Nursesठ| 509/158 | 1.55 | 1.32 to 1.82 | 12225/3998 | 1.03 | 0.99 to 1.07 |
| 5132 | Practical nurses¶ | 1358/449 | 1.57 | 1.42 to 1.75 | 11881/4148 | 1.17 | 1.13 to 1.22 |
| 5133 | Home care assistants¶ | 275/83 | 1.49 | 1.20 to 1.86 | 5604/2100 | 1.30 | 1.24 to 1.36 |
| Education professionals | |||||||
| 2321 | Secondary school teachers† | 1955/446 | 1.08 | 0.98 to 1.19 | 4810/1468 | 0.93 | 0.88 to 0.99 |
| 2331 | Primary school teachers† | 1601/382 | 1.15 | 1.03 to 1.27 | 3544/1037 | 0.91 | 0.85 to 0.97 |
| 2332 | Preschool teachers | 125/31 | 1.20 | 0.84 to 1.71 | 2866/884 | 0.98 | 0.91 to 1.05 |
| 2340 | Special education teachers† | 322/83 | 1.23 | 0.99 to 1.52 | 836/305 | 1.14 | 1.02 to 1.28 |
| 5131 | Childcare workers¶ | 103/40 | 1.72 | 1.25 to 2.36 | 10886/3532 | 1.07 | 1.03 to 1.12 |
| Social workers | |||||||
| 2446 | Social workers† | 396/161 | 2.11 | 1.80 to 2.47 | 2393/929 | 1.27 | 1.18 to 1.36 |
| 3460 | Social care workers** | 537/172 | 1.57 | 1.35 to 1.83 | 2154/812 | 1.23 | 1.14 to 1.32 |
| Customer services | |||||||
| 42 | Service clerks†† | 1128/241 | 0.85 | 0.75 to 0.98 | 12246/4104 | 0.99 | 0.95 to 1.03 |
| 511 | Travel services¶ | 423/96 | 1.06 | 0.86 to 1.31 | 481/140 | 0.83 | 0.70 to 0.98 |
| Miscellaneous | |||||||
| 2445 | Psychologists‡‡ | 246/69 | 1.36 | 1.08 to 1.73 | 1131/381 | 1.04 | 0.94 to 1.15 |
| 5162 | Police officers¶ | 1486/345 | 1.05 | 0.93 to 1.19 | 128/52 | 1.40 | 1.06 to 1.84 |
*Adjusted for marital status, education level, county, income and unemployment.
↵†Medical doctors, secondary school teachers, primary school teachers, preschool teachers, special education teachers, social workers and psychologists were compared with all non-human services occupations whose ISCO code starts with 2 (eg, business, legal and engineering professionals).
‡Includes both ‘3231: Nurses’ and ‘3232: Midwives’.
§Nurses and social care workers were compared with all non-human services occupations whose ISCO code starts with 3 (eg, finance and sales technicians).
¶Practical nurses, home care assistants, childcare workers, travel services and police officers were compared with all non-human services occupations whose ISCO code starts with 5 (eg, sales persons and demonstrators).
**Includes both '3443: Social benefit administrators' and '3460: Social care workers'.
††Service clerks were compared with all non-human services occupations whose ISCO code starts with 4 (eg, secretaries and insurance clerks).
‡‡Includes both '2412: Counsellors' and '2445: Psychologists'.
ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations.