Psychiatric disorders and clinical correlates of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects

	Male (N = 68)		Female (N = 87)		Total (N = 155)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age at investigation (years)
20-29	22	32.4	25	28.7	47	30.3
30-39	23	33.8	37	42.5	60	38.7
40-49	13	19.1	13	14.9	26	16.8
50+	10	14.7	12	13.8	22	14.2
Marital state
Never married	48^a	70.6	39	44.8	87	56.1
Cohabiting with spouse or partner	11	16.2	26	30.0	37	23.9
Living alone	34^b	50.0	58	66.7	92	59.4
Education
Less than high school	19	27.9	25	28.7	44	28.4
High school graduate	32	47.1	49	56.3	81	52.3
University (college) graduate	17	25.0	12	13.8	29	18.7
Unemployed	42	61.8	40	46.0	82	52.9
Referred after inpatient treatment for physical damage	14	20.6	8	9.2	22	14.2
Currently on psychiatric treatment	54	79.4	72	82.8	126	81.3
History of psychiatric hospitalization	38	55.9	52	59.8	90	58.1
Family history of mental disorder^c	18	26.9	34	39.1	52	33.8
Family history of attempted or committed suicide^d	10	14.7	16	18.4	26	16.9

^a The percentage of never married subjects for males was higher than for females (Chi-square = 10.29, df = 1, p = 0.001).
^b The percentage of living alone subjects for males was higher than for females (Chi-square = 4.40, df = 1, p = 0.036).
^{c, d} Among relatives within third degree consanguinity.

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