Correlates of suicide risk among Black and White adults with behavioral health disorders in criminal-legal systems

Table 1 Descriptive statistics overall and by race

Variable	Overall N = 16,849	Race		Comparison Test
	Overall N = 16,849	Black n = 2,827	White n = 14,022	Comparison Test
	M (SE)	M (SE)	M (SE)	Test statistic	df	p
Age	34.918 (0.08)	36.366 (0.21)	34.626 (0.08)	-6.41^a	3,782.55	< .001
Prior substance use episode	1.369 (0.02)	1.233 (0.05)	1.396 (0.02)	11.29^c	—	< .001
Life functioning	0.902 (< 0.01)	0.762 (0.01)	0.931 (< 0.01)	18.43^b	16,847.00	< .001
Strengths	1.616 (< 0.01)	1.588 (0.01)	1.621 (0.01)	2.55^a	3,913.05	.011
Acculturation	0.015 (< 0.01)	0.028 (< 0.01)	0.013 (< 0.01)	-9.86^c	—	< .001
Behavioral health needs	0.801 (< 0.01)	0.681 (0.01)	0.826 (< 0.01)	16.34^a	3,909.27	< .001
Criminogenic risk	1.094 (< 0.01)	1.115 (0.01)	1.090 (< 0.01)	-2.31^a	4,161.62	.021
Race
Black	0.168 (< 0.01)	—	—
White	0.832 (< 0.01)	—	—
Diagnosis				47.57^d	2.00	< .001
Co-occurring	0.417 (< 0.01)	0.370 (0.01)	0.427 (< 0.01)
Mental health only	0.054 (< 0.01)	0.073 (< 0.01)	0.050 (< 0.01)
Substance use only	0.529 (< 0.01)	0.556 (0.01)	0.523 (< 0.01)
Sex				344.33^d	1.00	< .001
Female	0.301 (< 0.01)	0.155 (0.01)	0.330 (< 0.01)
Male	0.699 (< 0.01)	0.845 (0.01)	0.670 (< 0.01)
Military service				0.74^d	1.00	0.39
Yes	0.039 (< 0.01)	0.042 (< 0.01)	0.039 (< 0.01)
No	0.961 (< 0.01)	0.958 (< 0.01)	0.961 (< 0.01)
Self-harm				107.42^d	1.00	< .001
Evidence found	0.106 (< 0.01)	0.051 (< 0.01)	0.117 (< 0.01)
No evidence found	0.894 (< 0.01)	0.949 (< 0.01)	0.883 (< 0.01)
Suicide Risk				117.66^d	1.00	< .001
Evidence found	0.193 (< 0.01)	0.120 (0.01)	0.208 (< 0.01)
No evidence found	0.807 (< 0.01)	0.880 (0.01)	0.792 (< 0.01)

^a unequal variance t-test. ^b equal variance t-test. ^c Wilcoxon rank-sum test. ^d Chi-Square test. Proportions may not sum to 1.0 due to rounding

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