Table 1 Suicide in young adults aged 18–34 years: distribution and bivariate associations with study factors (84 cases, 250 controls) 2003–2008, New South Wales (Australia)
From: Suicide in young adults: psychiatric and socio-economic factors from a case–control study
Males | Females | |||||||||||
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Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | |||||||||
% | n/N* | % | n/N* | OR (95%CI) | P value | % | n/N* | % | n/N* | OR (95%CI) | P value | |
ICD mental disorder | ||||||||||||
Substance use disorder | ||||||||||||
No | 54.9 | 39/71 | 82.4 | 84/102 | 1.00 | 69.2 | 9/13 | 90.5 | 134/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 45.1 | 32/71 | 17.6 | 18/102 | 3.47 (1.71-7.03) | <0.001 | 30.8 | 4/13 | 9.5 | 14/148 | 4.26 (1.12-16.24) | 0.034 |
Affective disorder | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 60.6 | 43/71 | 88.2 | 90/102 | 1.00 | 61.5 | 8/13 | 89.2 | 132/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 39.4 | 28/71 | 11.8 | 12/102 | 4.26 (1.95-9.27) | <0.001 | 38.5 | 5/13 | 10.8 | 16/148 | 4.97 (1.45-17.05) | 0.011 |
Anxiety disorder | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 84.5 | 60/71 | 97.1 | 99/102 | 1.00 | 69.2 | 9/13 | 95.9 | 142/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 15.5 | 11/71 | 2.9 | 3/102 | 5.45 (1.38-21.47) | 0.015 | 30.8 | 4/13 | 4.1 | 6/148 | 18.68 (3.13-111.34) | 0.001 |
Family history of mental illness | ||||||||||||
Substance use | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 60.6 | 43/71 | 82.4 | 84/102 | 1.00 | 84.6 | 11/13 | 81.1 | 120/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 39.4 | 28/71 | 17.6 | 18/102 | 3.21 (1.51-6.82) | 0.003 | 15.4 | 2/13 | 18.9 | 28/148 | 0.74 (0.15-3.59) | 0.706 |
Depression | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 52.1 | 37/71 | 68.6 | 70/102 | 1.00 | 46.2 | 6/13 | 67.6 | 100/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 47.9 | 34/71 | 31.4 | 32/102 | 2.11 (1.10-4.04) | 0.024 | 53.8 | 7/13 | 32.4 | 48/148 | 2.21 (0.70-7.04) | 0.179 |
Anxiety | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 76.1 | 54/71 | 86.3 | 88/102 | 1.00 | 84.6 | 11/13 | 85.8 | 127/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 23.9 | 17/71 | 13.7 | 14/102 | 2.12 (0.94-4.79) | 0.071 | 15.4 | 2/13 | 14.2 | 21/148 | 1.05 (0.21-5.25) | 0.950 |
Any mental illness | . | . | ||||||||||
No | 32.4 | 23/71 | 52.9 | 54/102 | 1.00 | 38.5 | 5/13 | 58.1 | 86/148 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 67.6 | 48/71 | 47.1 | 48/102 | 2.43 (1.26-4.69) | 0.008 | 61.5 | 8/13 | 41.9 | 62/148 | 2.09 (0.64-6.83) | 0.221 |
Socio-demographic factors | ||||||||||||
Socio-economic status+ | ||||||||||||
High | 16.9 | 12/71 | 29.0 | 29/100 | 1.00 | 15.4 | 2/13 | 25.3 | 37/146 | 1.00 | ||
Middle | 29.6 | 21/71 | 36.0 | 36/100 | 1.74 (0.72-4.22) | 0.222 | 15.4 | 2/13 | 28.1 | 41/146 | 1.07 (0.14-8.09) | 0.951 |
Low | 53.5 | 38/71 | 35.0 | 35/100 | 3.77 (1.58-9.00) | 0.003 | 69.2 | 9/13 | 46.6 | 68/146 | 4.75 (0.93-24.34) | 0.062 |
Marital status | . | . | ||||||||||
Married, de facto | 16.9 | 12/71 | 34.3 | 35/102 | 1.00 | 7.7 | 1/13 | 47.3 | 70/148 | 1.00 | ||
Divorced, separated | 19.7 | 14/71 | 3.9 | 4/102 | 9.07 (2.45-33.62) | 0.001 | 23.1 | 3/13 | 2.7 | 4/148 | 35.89 (3.11-414.73) | 0.004 |
Never married | 63.4 | 45/71 | 61.8 | 63/102 | 4.97 (1.98-12.47) | 0.001 | 69.2 | 9/13 | 50.0 | 74/148 | 22.68 (2.44-210.95) | 0.006 |