Table 5.

Number^∞ and percentage^† of suicides of adults aged 60+ with a current mental health problem by diagnosis and sex—National Violent Death Reporting System, 17 states, ^§ 2007–2009.

	Males		Females		Total		p value
Mental health problem	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Depression/Dysthymia	1,204	80.8	444	79.1	1,648	80.4	0.351
Bipolar Disorder	93	6.2	62	11.1	155	7.6	< 0.001
Anxiety Disorder	140	9.4	67	11.9	207	10.1	0.091
Schizophrenia	23	1.5	15	2.7	38	1.9	0.091
PTSD¶	40	2.7	4	0.7	44	2.1	0.006
OCD◊◊	3	0.2	4	0.7	6	0.3	0.077
Eating Disorder	2	0.1	1	0.2	3	0.1	0.816
Other	89	6.0	34	6.1	123	6.0	0.849

^∞N = 2,051 (1,490 males and 561 females).

^†Percentages might exceed 100% because multiple diagnosis categories might have been coded.

^§Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and four California counties.

Posttraumatic stress disorder.

^◊◊Obsessive-compulsive disorder.