TABLE 1.

SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN BDD^*

Suicidality Variable	Non-Epidemiologic Samples				Epidemiologic Sample
	US (n=307)	US (n=200)	Italy (n=58)	England (n=50)	Germany (n=42)†
Suicidal ideation	81%	78%	–	–	–
Suicidal ideation due to BDD‡	68%	55%	45%	–	19%
Attempted suicide	24%	28%	–	24%	–
Attempted suicide due to BDD‡	15%	13%	–	–	7%
Number of suicide attempts§	2.1±1.4	3.2±4.1	–	–	–
Number of suicide attempts due to BDD‡,§	1.2±1.4	1.2±3.0	–	–	–

^*All percentages reflect lifetime (ie, past or current) rates, except for the Italian study, which reported a current rate; the German study did not specify a period of time during which suicidality occurred.

^†42 subjects had BDD; the total sample size was 2,552.

^‡BDD was the primary reason, in the subject’s view.

^§Among suicide attempters.

^–Indicates the variable was not assessed

BDD=body dysmorphic disorder; US=United States.