A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Results of a χ² analysis for suicide methods identifying types of suicide intent and their association with gender

	Gender	Non-Habitual Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) [%](SR)	Para-suicidal Pause (SP) [%](SR)	Para-suicidal Gesture (SG) [%](SR)	Serious Suicide Attempt (SSA) [%](SR)	P value	Total
Intentional drug overdose n = 3542	Male	116 [9.5%]*	210 [17.3%]	239 [19.7%]*	650 [53.5%]**	.004^a	1215
Intentional drug overdose n = 3542	Female	275 [11.8%]*	404 [17.4%]	537 [23.1%]*	1111 [47.7%]**		2327
Intentional self-poisoning by other means n = 395	Male	18 [8.7%]	21 [10.1%]	40 [19.2%]	129 [62.0%]	.403^a	208
Intentional self-poisoning by other means n = 395	Female	12 [6.4%]	22 [11.8%]	47 [25.1%]	106 [56.7%]		187
Hanging n = 181	Male	2 [1.6%]	10 [7.9%]	13 [10.2%]	102 [80.3%]	.944^a	127
Hanging n = 181	Female	1 [1.9%]	3 [5.6%]	5 [9.3%]	45 [83.3%]		54

Included cases refer to persons with valid gender data who had not changed their gender
p significance level, SR standardized residual
⁺ p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001
^aAccording to the results of a X²-test

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