In order to present a visual representation of the data, we prepared plots of the relative risks associated with MLDA in each of the 39 states that enacted MLDA changes that affected the birth cohorts analyzed here. These calculations, which were done only for the graphical analysis, were conducted separately for men and women. Specifically, we computed relative risks for suicide and homicide by state and sex. This was done using logistic regression to estimate the association between MLDA and each cause of death with year-of-birth, coded as a continuous variable and included as the only covariate. This covariate was included to account for the slightly lower risk for suicide and slightly higher risk for homicide associated with more recent birth years. The age-adjusted, sex-specific relative risk ratios were then plotted for each state.
