Table 2 Characteristics of the suicide attempters by outcome of suicide in Ardabil Province
From: Characteristics of suicide attempts in Northwestern Iran: a five-year population-based survey
Characteristics | Outcome of suicide | P-value | Total (n = 12,734) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Incomplete | Complete | N (%) | ||
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Age, Mean (SD) | 29.67(12.26) | 36.06(16.14) | < 0.001 | 29.85(12.43) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 5,753 (95.8) | 251 (4.2) | < 0.001 | 6,004 (47.2) |
 Female | 6,615 (98.4) | 109 (1.6) |  | 6,724 (52.8) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Single | 6,731 (98.0) | 138 (2.0) | < 0.001 | 6,869 (54.0) |
 Married | 5,640 (96.2) | 223 (3.8) |  | 5,863 (46.0) |
Residency | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | 1322 (94.9) | 71(5.1) | < 0.001 | 1393 (11.0) |
 Urban | 10,936 (97.5) | 284 (2.5) |  | 11,220 (89.0) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Illiterate | 685 (95.7) | 31(4.3) | < 0.001 | 716 (5.6) |
 Under diploma | 4,195 (96.0) | 176 (4.0) |  | 4,371 (34.3) |
 Diploma | 6,460 (98.3) | 111 (1.7) |  | 6,571 (51.6) |
 Academic | 859 (96.3) | 33(3.7) |  | 892 (7.0) |
Method of suicide | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Poisoning with substance | 109 (94.8) | 6(5.2) | < 0.001 | 115 (0.9) |
 Poisoning with poisons | 436 (81.6) | 98(18.4) |  | 5,340 (4.2) |
 Poisoning with medications | 10,978 (98.7) | 141 (1.3) |  | 11,119 (87.3) |
 Hanging | 104 (51.2) | 99(48.8) |  | 203 (1.6) |
 Self-immolation | 48(92.3) | 4(7.7) |  | 52(0.4) |
 Jumping from height | 62(96.9) | 2(3.1) |  | 64(0.5) |
 Other ways | 634 (98.3) | 11(1.7) |  | 645 (5.1) |
History of suicide | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 no | 11,740 (98.0) | 234 (2.0) | < 0.001 | 11,974 (94.0) |
 yes | 246 (68.1) | 115 (31.9) |  | 361 (2.8) |