Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by group (N = 224)
| early-onset attempters (eo)1 N = 28 |
late-onset attempters (lo)1 N = 56 |
ideators (ide) N = 44 |
depressed comparison group (DC) N = 58 |
healthy comparison group (HC) N = 38 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 60.04 (5.67) | 63.95 (7.87) | 61.61 (6.69) | 62.74 (7.46) | 62.89 (8.16) |
| Gender (female) | 22 (78.57%) | 28 (50.00%) | 23 (52.27%) | 33 (56.90%) | 22 (57.89%) |
| Race | |||||
| Caucasian | 21 (75.00%) | 47 (83.93%) | 39 (88.64%) | 46 (79.31%) | 35 (92.11%) |
| Black or African American | 7 (25.00%) | 6 (10.71%) | 3 (6.82%) | 11 (18.97%) | 3 (7.89%) |
| Asian | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (1.79%) | 1 (2.27%) | 1 (1.72%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| More than One Race | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (3.57%) | 1 (2.27%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Ethnicity | 2.00 (0.00) | 1.96 (0.19) | 2.00 (0.00) | 2.00 (0.00) | 2.00 (0.00) |
| Education | 14.71 (2.73) | 13.82 (2.46) | 15.16 (2.25) | 15.52 (2.55) | 16.13 (2.60) |
| Income (per capita) | 17,397.44 (11,406.27) | 20,999.23 (12,306.81) | 26,516.47 (19,047.84) | 22,841.52 (17,659.08) | 39,281.54 (21,221.52) |
1
Attempters were separated into early and late-onset based on age of first attempt using a statistical algorithm that identified a cutoff age of 30 years old.