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Table 1 The characteristics of suicides carried out within a week of discharge compared to other suicides with previous hospitalisations

From: The characteristics of suicides within a week of discharge after psychiatric hospitalisation – a nationwide register study

 

Suicide later %

Suicide within a week from discharge %

All %

Age- and sex adjusted logistic model

 

N = 6689

N = 1407

N = 8096

Exp(B)

95,0% C.I.

Age, y *

41.5

43.6

   

Male

70.4

63.3

69.2

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Female *

29.6

36.7

30.9

2.30

2.10 – 2.58

Marital status *

Unmarried

43.2

47.1

43.9

1.29

1.12–1.49

Widow

5.4

5.8

5.5

0.90

0.70 – 1.17

Separated

1.0

0.7

0.9

1.08

0.56–2.06

Divorced

23.6

16.3

22.4

1.00

0.85 – 1.18

Married

26.8

30.1

27.3

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Education *

High grade

12.5

16.9

13.3

1.57

1.34–1.83

Middle grade

36.5

34.5

36.2

1.07

0.94 – 1.21

Low grade

50.9

48.6

50.5

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Socioeconomic status *

Upper employee

4.1

5.8

4.4

1.78

1.37 – 2.33

Lower employee

8.8

11.9

9.3

1.51

1.22 – 1.86

Entrepreneur

17.0

15.4

16.7

1.25

0.95 – 1.63

Worker

4.9

5.5

5.0

0.91

0.75 – 1.10

Student

5.1

7.4

5.5

1.24

0.97 – 1.59

Retired

37.5

38.6

37.7

2.54

2.11 – 3.06

Other or undetermined

22.6

15.4

21.4

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Suicide method *

Intoxication, any substance

33.7

17.3

30.9

0.89

0.73 – 1.08

Hanging or other suffocation

27.5

34.3

28.7

1.44

1.21 – 1.71

Drowning

6.6

16.4

8.3

3.38

2.75 – 4.16

Shooting or exploding

10.2

6.6

9.6

0.40

0.31 – 0.51

Jumping from heights

5.4

11.2

6.4

3.29

2.63 – 4.10

Other

16.6

14.2

16.2

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Discharge diagnosis *

Substance-related disorders

19.2

3.7

16.5

0.3

0.22 – 0.47

Schizophrenia and similar psychoses

25.4

37.2

27.4

2.3

1.67 – 3.07

Affective disorders

33.1

45.6

35.2

2.3

1.68 – 3.08

Neurotic-, stress-related and somatoform disorders

7.3

4.1

6.7

0.9

0.58 – 1.28

Personality disorders

9.2

5.7

8.6

0.9

0.63 – 1.33

Other

6.0

.7

5.6

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  1. * = in univariate testing, all significant at level p < 0.001