Table 3.

Sociodemographic Correlates of Past-Year Suicide Attempts, Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2, 2001–2002, and Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2-Canadian Forces Supplement, 2002^a

	CCHS 1.2				CCHS-CFS
	No.	%	OR	95% CI	No.	%	OR	95% CI
Sex
Male	81	0.5b	1.00	1.00, 1.00	— c		1.00	1.00, 1.00
Female	131	0.7	1.55*	1.04, 2.29			5.97**	2.14, 16.63
Age, years
16–24	69	1.1	3.62**	2.15, 6.07			1.71	0.18, 15.98
25–34	35	0.4	1.27	0.66, 2.43			1.94	0.20, 19.21
35–44	58	0.7	2.35**	1.40, 3.95			1.43	0.15, 13.69
45–64	50	0.3	1.00	1.00, 1.00			1.00	1.00, 1.00
Marital status
Married/common law	49	0.3	1.00	1.00, 1.00			1.00	1.00, 1.00
Single	163	1.0	3.46**	2.23, 5.35			1.76	0.73, 4.25
Education
High school or less	129	0.9	1.00	1.00, 1.00			1.00	1.00, 1.00
More than high school	83	0.3	0.37**	0.25, 0.55			0.36*	0.15, 0.89
Household income
$80,000 or higher			1.00	1.00, 1.00			1.00	1.00, 1.00
$50,000–$79,999			1.76	0.69, 4.53			1.16	0.43, 3.14
$30,000–$49,999			1.60	0.65, 3.95			1.34	0.19, 9.40
$29,999 or less			5.54**	2.38, 12.86			3.63	0.69, 19.11

Abbreviations: CCHS 1.2, Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2 civilian population sample; CCHS-CFS, Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2-Canadian Forces Supplement; CI, confidence interval; OR, unadjusted odds ratio.

* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.

^aAll number values are unweighted values; all percentages are weighted.

^bIn the past year, 0.5% of males in the CCHS 1.2 made a suicide attempt.

^cCell size too small to be reported as per Statistics Canada guidelines.