| Discharge (n = 1346) | Hospitalization (n = 414) | Total (n = 1760) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 40.7 ± 17.0 | 50.3 ± 20.0 | 42.7 ± 18.1 | 0.000 |
Sex, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 Male | 420 (31.2) | 183 (44.2) | 603 (33.9) |  |
 Female | 926 (68.8) | 231 (55.8) | 1163 (66.1) |  |
Marital status, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Single | 615 (45.7) | 146 (35.2) | 761 (43.6) |  |
 Married | 572 (42.5) | 201 (48.5) | 773 (43.7) |  |
 Separated | 116 (8.6) | 38 (9.3) | 154 (8.8) |  |
 Widowed | 43 (3.2) | 29 (6.9) | 72 (3.9) |  |
Education status, no. (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.305 |
 Elementary school and lower | 75 (5.6) | 37 (9.0) | 112 (6.3) |  |
 Middle school | 61 (4.5) | 21 (5.0) | 82 (4.6) |  |
 High school | 605 (44.9) | 179 (43.2) | 784 (44.6) |  |
 University and higher | 605 (44.9) | 177 (42.8) | 782 (44.5) |  |
Religion, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.409 |
 Yes | 392 (29.1) | 137 (33.1) | 529 (30.0) |  |
 No | 954 (70.9) | 277 (66.9) | 1231 (70.0) |  |
Employment, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.021 |
 Yes | 594 (44.1) | 152 (36.6) | 746 (42.6) |  |
 No | 752 (55.9) | 262 (63.4) | 1014 (57.4) |  |
Cohabitant, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.186 |
 Yes | 937 (69.6) | 305 (73.6) | 1242 (70.4) |  |
 No | 409 (30.4) | 109 (26.4) | 518 (29.6) |  |
Health status, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 Healthy | 993 (73.8) | 257 (62.1) | 1250 (71.4) |  |
 Acute disease | 24 (1.8) | 11 (2.6) | 35 (2.0) |  |
 Chronic disease without disability | 125 (9.3) | 48 (11.7) | 173 (9.8) |  |
 Chronic disease with disability | 204 (15.1) | 98 (23.5) | 299 (16.9) |  |
Income, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
  < 1.5 million KRW/month | 386 (28.7) | 181 (43.7) | 567 (31.4) |  |
 1.5–2.5 | 310 (23.0) | 76 (18.3) | 386 (22.2) |  |
  > 2.5 | 650 (48.3) | 157 (38.1) | 807 (46.4) |  |
Insurance, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.057 |
 National health insurance | 1176 (87.4) | 373 (90.8) | 1549 (88.1) |  |
 Medicaid beneficiary | 141 (10.5) | 33 (8.0) | 174 (10.0) |  |
 Self-pay (uninsured) | 29 (2.1) | 8 (1.3) | 37 (1.9) |  |
Time from attempting to ED visit (hours) | 7.1 ± 33.1 | 5.9 ± 21.4 | 6.81 ± 31.0 | 0.518 |
ED Length of stay (hours, mean ± SD) | 4.2 ± 12.3 | 11.4 ± 18.8 | 5.4 ± 13.7 | 0.002 |
Location of suicide attempt, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.778 |
 Home | 1170 (86.9) | 350 (84.6) | 1520 (86.4) |  |
 School | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |  |
 Workplace | 10 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 13 (0.8) |  |
 Lodging | 22 (1.6) | 17 (4.0) | 39 (2.2) |  |
 Car | 16 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) | 18 (1.1) |  |
 Group living facility | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.2) |  |
 Healthcare facility | 7 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 8 (0.4) |  |
 Commercial facility | 23 (1.7) | 10 (2.5) | 33 (1.9) |  |
 River | 51 (3.8) | 12 (3.0) | 63 (3.7) |  |
 Public facility | 10 (0.8) | 7 (1.8) | 17 (1.0) |  |
 Others | 35 (2.4) | 10 (2.1) | 45 (2.3) |  |