Table 2.
Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of in-patient suicide cases by leave status
| Absconders (n = 469) |
Agreed leave (n = 761) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | N | % | N | % | P-value |
| Socio-demographic | |||||
| Male gender | 311 | 66% | 488 | 64% | 0.44 |
| Unemployed | 222 | 48% | 281 | 37% | < 0.001 |
| Ethnic minority | 29 | 6% | 59 | 8% | 0.29 |
| Unmarried | 353 | 75% | 530 | 70% | 0.03 |
| Living alone | 193 | 42% | 341 | 45% | 0.24 |
| Homeless | 32 | 7% | 28 | 4% | 0.01 |
| Behavioural | |||||
| History of self-harm | 351 | 76% | 562 | 75% | 0.70 |
| History of violence | 131 | 28% | 152 | 20% | 0.001 |
| History of alcohol misuse | 171 | 37% | 230 | 31% | 0.03 |
| History of drug misuse | 167 | 36% | 176 | 23% | < 0.001 |