Table 1.

Means for Suicidal Ideation (Equivalent to Percent Reporting Suicidal Ideation¹) Within Observed Combinations of Spell and Period

	Spell
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	102	Total
Period 1	.14 (205)	.30 (116)	.23 (77)	.30 (40)	.61 (23)	.29 (17)	.40 (10)	.33 (6)	.67 (3)	1.0 (1)	.25 (501)
2	.14 (176)	.10 (80)	.19 (57)	.14 (28)	.33 (9)	.25 (12)	.17 (6)	.50 (4)	1.0 (1)	.	.15 (374)
3	.07 (152)	.19 (70)	.09 (44)	.13 (23)	.00 (6)	.22 (9)	.33 (3)	.00 (2)	.	.	.11 (310)
4	.06 (141)	.07 (57)	.00 (36)	.11 (19)	.00 (6)	.17 (6)	.00 (1)	.00 (1)	.	.	.06 (267)
5	.05 (133)	.10 (50)	.03 (33)	.00 (17)	.20 (5)	.20 (5)	.	.	.	.	.06 (243)
6	.07 (127)	.11 (44)	.07 (30)	.27 (15)	.00 (4)	.00 (3)	.	.	.	.	.09 (223)
7	.05 (118)	.03 (38)	.04 (25)	.10 (10)	.00 (3)	.00 (1)	.	.	.	.	.05 (195)
8	.05 (112)	.03 (37)	.09 (23)	.00 (7)	.00 (3)	.00 (1)	.	.	.	.	.05 (183)
9	.04 (106)	.03 (34)	.00 (20)	.00 (7)	.00 (3)	.00 (1)	.	.	.	.	.03 (171)
10	.01 (101)	.07 (30)	.00 (18)	.00 (7)	.00 (2)	.00 (1)	.	.	.	.	.02 (159)
11	.04 (100)	.04 (28)	.00 (14)	.00 (6)	.00 (1)	.	.	.	.	.	.03 (149)
12	.02 (95)	.00 (24)	.11 (9)	.00 (6)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.02 (134)
13	.04 (93)	.10 (20)	.00 (6)	.00 (2)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.05 (121)
14	.00 (87)	.15 (13)	.00 (5)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.02 (105)
15	.03 (86)	.00 (10)	.00 (2)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.03 (98)
16	.00 (79)	.00 (4)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.00 (83)
17	.00 (67)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.00 (67)
Total	.06 (1978)	.12 (655)	.10 (399)	.14 (187)	.28 (65)	.21 (56)	.30 (20)	.31 (13)	.75 (4)	1.0 (1)	.09 (3383)

Note: ns are reported in parenthesizes following the means.

^aFor example, of the 23 men in Spell 3, Period 8 (i.e., 2 reported occurrences of suicidal ideation, and 7 years since it was last reported), 9% reported suicidal ideation in the past week.

^bComplete data are not shown for the one individual represented in the Spell 10, Period 1 cell as he progressed to Spell 13, Period 3.