Trajectories and characteristics of functional impairment before and after suicide attempt in young adults – a nationwide register-based cohort study

Wang, Mo; Helgesson, Magnus; Rahman, Syed; Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas; Mittendorfer-Rutz, Ellenor

doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1567-9

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all women (n = 2878) and men (n = 2507) with a first suicide attempt treated in inpatient care 2007–2009 in Sweden (N= 5385)

From: Trajectories and characteristics of functional impairment before and after suicide attempt in young adults – a nationwide register-based cohort study

Characteristics	All		Women		Men
	n	%	n	%	n	%
	5385	100	2878	53.4	2507	46.6
Socio-demographic characteristics ^a
Age
24–29	2329	43.2	1242	43.2	1087	43.4
30–34	1486	27.6	792	27.5	694	27.7
35–40	1570	29.2	844	29.3	726	29.0
Education (years)^*
Compulsory (≤9)	1730	32.1	814	28.3	916	36.5
High school (10–12)	2716	50.4	1437	49.9	1279	51.0
University (>12)	939	17.4	627	21.8	312	12.4
Country of birth^*
Sweden	4301	79.9	2227	77.4	2074	82.7
European countries without Sweden^b	218	4.0	117	4.1	101	4.0
Non-European countries	866	16.1	534	18.6	332	13.2
Type of living area^c
Big cities	2050	38.1	1102	38.3	948	37.8
Medium sized cities	2015	37.4	1078	37.5	937	37.4
Small towns/villages	1320	24.5	698	24.3	622	24.8
Family situation^*
Married^d living without children	163	3.0	96	3.3	67	2.7
Married^d living with children	1158	21.5	742	25.8	416	16.6
Single^e living without children	3340	62.0	1368	47.5	1972	78.7
Single^e living with children	724	13.4	672	23.3	52	2.1
Unemployment^*
No	3969	73.7	2188	76.0	1781	71.0
1–180 days	1122	20.8	560	19.5	562	22.4
> 180 days	294	5.5	130	4.5	164	6.5
Clinical characteristics
Somatic inpatient care^{* f, g}
No	2820	52.4	1311	45.6	1509	60.2
Yes	2565	47.6	1567	54.4	998	39.8
Specialised somatic outpatient care^{* f, g}
No	1357	25.2	641	22.3	716	28.6
Yes	4028	74.8	2237	77.7	1791	71.4
Mental diagnosis from in- or specialised outpatient care^{* f, g}
No	2369	44.0	1275	44.3	1094	43.6
Schizophrenia non-affective psychoses	152	2.8	51	1.8	93	3.7
Affective disorders	801	14.9	496	17.2	256	10.2
Substance abuse	913	17.0	258	9.0	605	24.1
Neurotic, somatoform and stress-related disorders	733	13.6	473	16.4	234	9.3
Personality disorders	213	4.0	119	4.1	49	2.0
Other mental disorders	204	3.8	103	3.6	94	3.7
Antidepressants^{* h, i}
No antidepressants	2893	53.7	1331	46.2	1562	62.3
Low doses	732	13.6	434	15.1	298	11.9
Moderate doses	1020	18.9	641	22.3	379	15.1
High doses	740	13.7	472	16.4	268	10.7
Anxiolytics^{* h, i}
No Anxiolytics	3650	67.8	1850	64.3	1800	71.8
Low doses	1288	23.9	808	28.1	480	19.1
Moderate doses	267	5.0	142	4.9	125	5.0
High doses	180	3.3	78	2.7	102	4.1
Sedatives^{* h, i}
No sedatives	3364	62.5	1695	58.9	1669	66.6
Low doses	1080	20.1	631	21.9	449	17.9
Moderate doses	555	10.3	322	11.2	233	9.3
High doses	386	7.2	230	8.0	156	6.2
Method of suicide attempt^{* g, j}
Violent suicide attempt	671	12.5	221	7.7	450	17.9
Non-violent suicide attempt	4714	87.5	2657	92.3	2057	82.1

^* Significant sex differences
^a Measured on 31-Dec of the year preceding suicide attempt
^b Including other Northern European countries than Sweden and the rest of EU25
^c Type of living area: big cities (Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö); medium sized cities (cities with more than 90,000 inhabitants within 30 km distance from the centre of the city); small cities/villages/rural
^d Married includes all living with partner; cohabiting
^e Single comprises divorced, separated, and widowed
^f Measured four years before suicide attempt
^g See methods section for ICD-10 codes
^h Measured during the year preceding the suicide attempt
ⁱ See methods section for ATC codes
^j Measured at index suicide attempt

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