Table 2 Prevalence of confirmatory responses to questions on suicidal expressions during recent year--stratified for gender and country
From: Suicidal expressions among young people in Nicaragua and Cambodia: a cross-cultural study
Suicidal expressions | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicaragua n = 188 % | Cambodia n = 151 % | p | Nicaragua n = 180 % | Cambodia n = 165 % | p | |
Life weariness | 34.0 | 26.5 | n.s. | 34.4 | 24.8 | n.s. |
Death thought | 36.2 | 25.8 | .042 | 43.3 | 26.1 | .001 |
Death wishes | 25.0 | 14.6 | .018 | 33.9 | 17.6 | .001 |
Suicide ideation | 17.6 | 8.6 | .017 | 27.8 | 13.3 | .001 |
Plans/attempt | 10.1 | 16.6 | n.s. | 12.8 | 12.7 | n.s. |
Any expression | 57.4 | 54.3 | n.s. | 63.3 | 49.1 | .008 |