Repetition and severity of suicide attempts across the life cycle: a comparison by age group between suicide victims and controls with severe depression

Table 1 Number of suicide attempts for suicides and controls by gender

	Females		Males
	Suicide victims, n = 56	Controls, n = 56	Suicide victims, n = 44	Controls, n = 44
No. of suicide attempters	35 (63%)^a	17 (30%)	25 (57%)	17 (39%)
No. of suicide attempts	93	51	40	25
Average no. of suicide attempts	1.66	0.91	1.1	0.57
No. of repeaters	19 (54%)	8 (47%)	8 (32%)	6 (35%)
No. of repeated suicide attempts	58	34	15	8
Average no. of attempts among repeaters	4.05	5.25	2.88	2.33
No. of severe attempts among attempters	13 (37%)	6 (35%)	6 (24%)	3 (18%)

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