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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of cases of suicide attempters

From: Psychiatric assessment of suicide attempters in Japan: a pilot study at a critical emergency unit in an urban area

  

Male(N = 126)

Female(N = 194)

Analysis

  

N (%)

N (%)

χ

df

P-value

Age

      
 

< 20

4 (3)

14 (7)

  

n.s.

 

20–29

31 (25)

75 (39)

  

n.s.

 

30–39

29 (23)

46 (24)

  

n.s.

 

40–49

20 (16)

24 (12)

  

n.s.

 

50–59

23 (18)

15 (8)

8.1

1

< 0.01

 

60–64

6 (5)

5 (3)

  

n.s.

 

65 ≧

13 (10)

15 (8)

  

n.s.

 

Median

39.0

30.5

   
 

Mean§

42.5 ± 16.0

35.6 ± 15.3

z = -4.1

 

< 0.001

Stay in hospital (days)

      
 

Mean§

20.2 ± 44.5

16.0 ± 28.5

  

n.s.

Marital status

     

n.s.

 

Single

56 (44)

75 (39)

   
 

Married

41 (33)

67 (35)

   
 

Divorced

16 (13)

22 (11)

   
 

Widowed

0 (0)

3 (2)

   
 

Common-law

5 (4)

16 (8)

   

Current psychiatric treatment

   

9.4

2

< 0.01

 

Outpatient

63 (50)

141 (73)

   
 

Hospitalization

2 (2)

2 (1)

   
 

No treatment

56 (44)

33 (17)

   

Living status

   

13.9

1

< 0.001

 

Alone

40 (32)

162 (84)

   
 

Together

83 (66)

28 (14)

   

Education

     

n.s.

 

Compulsory education *

27 (21)

51 (26)

   
 

High school education and over

79 (63)

128 (66)

   

Previous deliberate self harm

   

11

2

< 0.01

 

0

87 (69)

97 (50)

   
 

1

6 (5)

19 (10)

   
 

> 2

24 (19)

66 (34)

   

Previous suicide attempt

   

11

2

< 0.01

 

0

83 (66)

85 (44)

   
 

1

19 (15)

48 (25)

   
 

> 2

15 (12)

48 (25)

   

Family history of suicide/attempt

 

15 (12)

29 (15)

  

n.s.

Methods

      
 

Drug over dose

45 (36)

111 (57)

14.1

1

< 0.001

 

Laceration

30 (24)

22 (11)

8.7

1

< 0.01

 

Jumping from high place

13 (10)

29 (15)

1.4

1

< 0.05

 

Poisoning

8 (6)

16 (8)

  

n.s.

 

Inhaling carbon monoxide

11 (9)

2 (1)

   
 

Burn

6 (5)

3 (2)

   
 

Traffic death

3 (2)

5 (3)

   
 

Hanging

4 (3)

3 (2)

   
 

Drowning

4 (3)

1 (1)

   
 

Other

2 (2)

2 (1)

   
 

Firearm

0 (0)

0 (0)

   
  1. * Compulsory education lasts for 9 years; statutory schooling ages are between 6 and 14 years in Japan. §Mann-Whitney U test