Table 1.
The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants in the training data (2002-2010).
| Variables | Men | Women | ||||
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Control (n=316,574), n (%) | Suicide (n=6713), n (%) | Control (n=329,016), n (%) | Suicide (n=2186), n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||
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15-39 | 122,712 (38.76) | 1948 (29.01) | 120,116 (36.50) | 612 (27.99) | |
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40-59 | 108,687 (34.33) | 2998 (44.65) | 108,740 (33.05) | 1043 (47.71) | |
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≥60 | 85,175 (26.90) | 1767 (26.32) | 100,160 (30.44) | 531 (24.29) | |
| Urbanicitya | ||||||
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Rural town | 62,682 (19.80) | 1962 (29.22) | 60,449 (18.37) | 478 (21.86) | |
| Social deprivation scoreb | ||||||
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1 (most privileged) | 60,096 (18.98) | 1167 (17.38) | 59,127 (17.97) | 310 (14.18) | |
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2 | 60,283 (19.04) | 1323 (19.70) | 60,002 (18.23) | 339 (15.50) | |
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3 | 59,937 (18.93) | 1223 (18.21) | 61,491 (18.68) | 358 (16.37) | |
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4 | 58,681 (18.53) | 1162 (17.30) | 62,807 (19.08) | 427 (19.53) | |
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5 (most deprived) | 58,620 (18.51) | 1427 (21.25) | 63,683 (19.35) | 592 (27.08) | |
| Material deprivation scoreb | ||||||
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1 (most privileged) | 58,609 (18.51) | 875 (13.03) | 62,815 (19.09) | 323(14.77) | |
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2 | 58,650 (18.52) | 1034 (15.40) | 61,194 (18.59) | 365 (16.69) | |
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3 | 60,167 (19.00) | 1274 (18.97) | 61,428 (18.67) | 378 (17.29) | |
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4 | 60,102 (18.98) | 1450 (21.59) | 61,349 (18.64) | 449 (20.53) | |
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5 (most deprived) | 60,089 (18.98) | 1669 (24.86) | 60,324 (18.33) | 511 (23.37) | |
aMissing: men in control group: n=4611, 1.45%; men in suicide group: n=30, 0.44%; women in control group: n=3196, 0.97%; women in suicide group: n=6, 0.22%.
bMissing: men in control group: n=18,957, 5.98%; men in suicide group: n=411, 6.12%; women in control group: n=21,906, 6.65%; women in suicide group: n=160, 7.31%.