Table 2 Suicide event characteristics, North Carolina residents, 2004*.

	Females		Males
	n	%	n	%
Victim had a current depressed mood	138	61.6	401	56.2
Victim had a current mental health problem†	146	66.4	295	42.1
Diagnosis of depression	121	55.0	252	36.0
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder	15	6.8	21	3.0
Victim was currently receiving mental health treatment	130	58.0	232	32.5
Victim had a history of previous suicide attempts	55	24.6	90	12.6
Victim left a suicide note	65	29.0	175	24.5
Victim disclosed intent to commit suicide	50	22.3	176	24.7
Death or suicide of family member or friend contributed to suicide	22	9.8	36	5.0
Problem with intimate partner contributed to suicide	48	21.4	217	30.4
Victim experienced a crisis within two weeks of the suicide	49	21.9	207	29.0

*224 females and 713 males with known circumstances.

†Known only for n = 220 females and n = 700 males.