Table 2.
Prevalence of suicidal attempts by survey year among secondary school-going adolescents in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania.
| Variable | Overall n (%) |
Survey 1 n (%) |
Survey 2 n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever attempted suicide | ||||
| No | 4051 (96.7) | 3087 (97.0) | 964 (95.8) | 0.065 |
| Yes | 137 (3.3) | 95 (3.0) | 42 (4.2) | |
| Ever had suicidal Ideation * | ||||
| No | 3912 (93.5) | 2989 (93.9) | 923 (92.2) | 0.053 |
| Yes | 271 (6.5) | 193 (6.1) | 78 (7.8) | |
| Ever made suicidal Plan * | ||||
| No | 4007 (95.7) | 3055 (96.0) | 952 (94.9) | 0.135 |
| Yes | 178 (4.3) | 127 (4.0) | 51 (5.1) |
Overall N = 4188, Survey 1, N = 3182, Survey 2, N = 1006, * Frequency does not tally due to missing values.