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Table 1 Description of demographic and clinical variables in the research population

From: The relationship between causes of suicidal attempts in Iran and individual and social variables: a retrospective study

Variable

Category

N (%)

Variable

Category

N (%)

Gender

Female

608(26.9)

Cause of suicide

Romantic relationship problems

943(41.7)

Male

1655(73.1)

Addiction

354(15.6)

Insurance

Not insured

1142(50.5)

Economic problems

530(23.4)

Iran Health Insurance Organization

422(18.6)

Mental disorders

436(19.3)

Social Security Organization

403(17.8)

Survived or dead

Survived

2019(89.2)

General health insurance

224(9.9)

Dead

244(10.8)

Others

72(3.2)

Poison drug used

Opium

361(16.0)

Marriage status

Married

772(34.1)

Pesticides

385(17.0)

Single

831(36.7)

Amphetamine

123(5.4)

Widowed-Divorced

660(29.2)

Detergent

243(10.7)

Resident

Rural

1356(59.9)

Antiepileptic’s

587(25.9)

Urban

907(40.1)

Alcohol

216(9.5)

Income

Low

1124(49.7)

Acetaminophen

118(5.2)

Middle

801(35.4)

TCA

163(7.2)

High

338(14.9)

Multiple drug

10(.4)

Smoking

No

879(38.8)

Bـ blocker

57(2.5)

Yes

1384(61.2)

GCS

3–8 (low)

815(36.0)

Alcohol

No

2242(99.1)

9–12 (medium)

893(39.5)

Yes

21(.9)

13–15 (high)

555(24.5)

Season suicide

Spring

440(19.4)

History of suicide attempt in case

No

992(43.8)

Summer

351(15.5)

Yes

1271(56.2)

Autumn

1045(46.2)

Family history of suicide

No

1845(81.5)

Winter

427(18.9)

Yes

418(18.5)

Education

Primary school and less

837(37.0)

History of at least one suicide attempt

No

2094(92.5)

High school

844(37.3)

Yes

169(7.5)

Diploma and graduate diploma

455(20.1)

Physical illness

No

1980(87.5)

Bsc-msc-Doctorate

127(5.6)

Yes

283(12.5)

Job

Self-employment

849(37.5)

 

Employee

609(26.9)

Unemployed

744(32.9)

Retired

61(2.7)

Year

2017

560(24.7)

2018

532(23.5)

2019

338(14.9)

2020

571(25.2)

2021

262(11.6)