Suicidal ideation in patients with mental illness and concurrent substance use: analyses of national census data in Norway

Table 2 Rates of suicidal ideation according to clinical and sociodemographic characteristics

Variables			Suicidal ideation rates	Chi-square test
	N	%	%	χ²	df	p-value
*Diagnoses*				175.14	8	< .001
Schizophrenia	654	17.0	14.4
Other psychoses	224	5.8	15.6
Bipolar disorder	249	6.5	23.3
Depression	624	16.2	37.7
Anxiety	288	7.5	19.1
PTSD	145	3.8	39.3
Eating disorders	68	1.8	19.1
Personality disorders	264	6.9	45.1
Other psychiatric disorders	1326	34.5	24.6
*Gender*				5.02	1	.025
Male	2033	55.6	24.0
Female	1621	44.4	27.2
*Age group*				30.34	4	< .001
18–23 years	572	15.3	33.7
24–29 years	712	19.1	26.5
30–39 years	872	23.4	22.6
40–49 years	729	19.5	28.3
> 50 years	846	22.7	22.3
*Education*				3.21	2	.201
High	564	15.6	29.1
Medium	1481	40.9	25.7
Low	1579	43.6	25.3
*Maine source of income*				3.14	2	.208
From labor	652	17.3	27.3
Health related benefit	2496	66.4	24.8
Other economic support	613	16.3	27.7
*Marital status*				8.49	2	.014
Married/cohabitating/partnered	948	24.9	23.2
Separated/divorced/widowed	570	15.0	30.0
Single/unmarried	2288	60.1	25.7
*Housing situation*				1.76	2	.415
Owned home	1317	34.9	24.7
Rented housing	1665	44.1	26.7
Without permanent residence	791	21.0	25.2
*Social relationships family*				69.75	3	< .001
Very good	963	26.4	17.4
Good	1657	45.4	25.5
Poor	680	18.6	33.2
Very poor	351	9.6	34.5
*Social relationships friends*				20.33	3	< .001
Very good	644	18.0	20.5
Good	1578	44.0	25.1
Poor	845	23.6	29.0
Very poor	519	14.5	30.4
Treatment level				26.1	1	< .001
Inpatients	751	19.5	33.3
Outpatients	3091	80.5	24.0

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