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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and associated risk factors of people who died in the KHDSS between the years 2008–2016

From: Suicide in a rural area of coastal Kenya

 

Completed suicide cases n = 104

Non-suicide deaths n = 13,212

OR univariable analysis (95% CI)

p value

OR multivariable analysis (95% CI)

p value

Sex, male

76 (73.08)

6846 (51.91)

3.05 (1.98–4.71)

< 0.001

3.67 (2.35–5.75)

< 0.001

Median age in years (IQR)

45.45 (28.90–60.49)

41.95 (4.92–67.12).

1.04 (1.04–1.06)

< 0.001

1.05 (1.04–1.06)

< 0.001

Roof type

 Metal

25 (24.04)

3632 (27.54)

REF

   

 Concrete

0 (0)

11 (0.08)

 Tiled

2 (1.92)

106 (0.80)

2.28 (0.54–9.61)

0.263

2.41 (0.56–10.27)

0.235

 Makuti

70 (67.31)

8509 (64.53)

1.68 (1.07–2.66)

0.026

1.55 (0.84–2.86)

0.165

 Othera

3 (2.88)

280 (2.12)

2.67 (0.81–8.87)

0.107

1.42 (0.37–5.41)

0.609

 No responseb

4 (3.85)

649 (4.92)

Wall

 Brick

23 (22.12)

2966 (22.49)

REF

   

 Mud

70 (67.31)

9252 (70.16)

1.36 (0.85–2.18)

0.200

1.03 (0.54–1.99)

0.920

 Othera

7 (6.73)

317 (2.40)

5.31 (2.27–12.35)

0.000

3.17 (1.17–8.61)

0.023

 No responseb

4 (3.85)

652 (4.94)

  1. arefers to roofing/wall materials such as scrap plastic/ metal or polythene sheets
  2. bthe informant did not provide the information or the data was not collected
  3. IQR interquartile range