Table 3.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of cases of suicide attempters in the high and low lethality group
| High lethality group (N = 225) | Low lethality group (N = 95) | Analysis | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | df | P | ||
| Gender | n.s. | |||||
| Male | 96 (43) | 30 (32) | ||||
| Female | 129 (57) | 65 (68) | ||||
| Male middle age | 34 (15) | 9 (9) | 5.9 | 1 | < 0.05 | |
| Age | ||||||
| Mean§ | 39.8 ± 15.7 | 34.8 ± 15.9 | z = -3.1 | < 0.01 | ||
| Stay in hospital (days) | ||||||
| Mean§ | 23.0 ± 41.3 | 5.0 ± 4.1 | z = -8.7 | < 0.001 | ||
| Marital status | n.s. | |||||
| Single | 87 (39) | 44 (46) | ||||
| Married | 81 (36) | 27 (28) | ||||
| Divorced | 31 (14) | 7 (7) | ||||
| Widowed | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | ||||
| Common-law | 14 (6) | 7 (7) | ||||
| Employed status | n.s. | |||||
| Employed | 95 (42) | 38 (40) | ||||
| Unemployed | 126 (56) | 52 (55) | ||||
| Current psychiatric treatment | n.s. | |||||
| Outpatient | 135 (60) | 69 (73) | ||||
| Hospitalization | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | ||||
| No treatment | 71 (32) | 18 (19) | ||||
| Living status | 6.6 | 2 | < 0.05 | |||
| Alone | 51 (23) | 17 (18) | ||||
| Together | 172 (76) | 73 (77) | ||||
| Recent stressful life event | n.s. | |||||
| 0 | 73 (32) | 22 (23) | ||||
| 1 | 80 (36) | 42 (44) | ||||
| > 2 | 47 (21) | 20 (21) | ||||
| Education | ||||||
| Compulsory education | 53 (24) | 25 (26) | n.s. | |||
| High school education and over | 150 (67) | 57 (60) | ||||
| Previous deliberate self harm | n.s. | |||||
| 0 | 145 (64) | 39 (41) | ||||
| 1 | 18 (8) | 7 (7) | ||||
| > 2 | 50 (22) | 40 (42) | ||||
| Previous suicide attempt | n.s. | |||||
| 0 | 121 (54) | 47 (49) | ||||
| 1 | 51 (23) | 16 (17) | ||||
| > 2 | 38 (17) | 25 (26) | ||||
| Family history of suicide/attempt | 34 (15) | 10 (11) | n.s. | |||
| Axis I | n.s. | |||||
| Mood disorders | 58 (26) | 20 (21) | ||||
| Adjustment disorders | 33 (15) | 24 (25) | ||||
| Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | 43 (19) | 11 (12) | ||||
| Substance-related disorders | 29 (13) | 7 (7) | ||||
| Axis II | n.s. | |||||
| Personality disorders | 71 (32) | 39 (41) | ||||
§Mann-Whitney U test