Table 1.
Suicidal Expressions Stratified by Gender Among Adolescents in a School Sample in León, Nicaragua
| Suicidal Expressions | Boys n= 188 |
Girls n=180 |
Total n= 368 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Life not meaningful | No Yes |
50 138 |
26.6 73.4 |
32 148 |
17.8 82.2 |
82 286 |
22.3 77.7 |
| Life weariness | No Yes |
124 64 |
66.0 34.0 |
118 62 |
65.6 34.4 |
242 126 |
65.8 34.2 |
| Death thought | No Yes |
120 68 |
63.8 36.2 |
102 78 |
56.7 43.3 |
222 146 |
60.3 39.7 |
| Death wishes | No Yes |
141 47 |
75.0 25.0 |
119 61 |
66.1 33.9 |
260 108 |
70.7 29.3 |
| Suicide ideation | No Yes |
155 33 |
82.4 17.6 |
130 50 |
72.2 27.8 |
285 83 |
77.4 22.6 |
| Suicide plans | No Yes |
172 16 |
91.5 8.5 |
158 22 |
87.8 12.2 |
330 38 |
89.7 10.3 |
| Suicide attempts | No Yes |
178 10 |
94.7 5.3 |
166 14 |
92.2 7.8 |
344 24 |
93.5 6.5 |