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. 2011 May 31;7(Suppl 1):3–7. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S19617

Table 2.

Affective disorders and suicide risk

Lifetime prevalence of suicide in patients
• Hospitalized at some time in their life for suicidality 8.6%
• Affective disorders inpatients 4.0%
• Affective disorders outpatients 2.2%
• No affective illness <0.5%

Compiled from data in reference 8.