TABLE 2—
Characteristics of Suicide, Fulton County, Georgia (n = 1132), 1988–2002
| Suicide characteristics | Total (N = 1132) No. (%) | Black (n = 348) No. (%) | White (n = 784) No. (%) | Pa |
| Contributing | ||||
| Depression | 642 (57) | 147 (42) | 495 (63) | < .0001 |
| Relationship problems | 292 (26) | 101 (29) | 191 (24) | .10 |
| Chronic disease | 192 (17) | 36 (10) | 156 (20) | < .0001 |
| Money problems | 184 (16) | 45 (13) | 139 (18) | .04 |
| Under psychiatric care | 134 (12) | 29 (8) | 105 (13) | .02 |
| Substance abuse | 128 (11) | 29 (8) | 99 (13) | .04 |
| Legal problems | 78 (7) | 24 (7) | 54 (7) | .99 |
| Loneliness | 64 (6) | 13 (4) | 51 (7) | .06 |
| Grief | 49 (4) | 13 (4) | 36 (5) | .51 |
| Family history of suicide | 28 (2) | 1 (< 1) | 27 (3) | .002 |
| Event associated | ||||
| At home | 772 (68) | 204 (58) | 568 (72) | < .0001 |
| Suicide note left | 331 (29) | 52 (15) | 279 (36) | < .0001 |
| Prior talk | 309 (27) | 74 (21) | 235 (30) | .002 |
| Prior gestures | 154 (14) | 34 (10) | 120 (15) | .01 |
| Others hurt during suicide | 25 (2) | 19 (6) | 6 (< 1) | < .0001 |
Note. Data were missing for 129 suicide decedents.
From this analysis, 39 suicide decedents with race other than White or Black were excluded.
a2-sided χ2 test