Table 1.

Patient characteristics by the three different samples

	Suicide Deaths	Controls	AD New Users
	(N = 368)	(N = 362)	(N = 571)
Characteristics	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Male	312 (84.8)	311 (85.9)	520 (91.1)
Hispanic	8 (2.2)	17 (4.7)	26 (4.6)
White	290 (78.8)	274 (75.7)	431 (75.5)
Age (mean (SD))	57.5 (14.3)	57.6 (14.5)	56.2 (14.2)
0 Outpatient Visita	31 (8.4)	34 (9.4)	15 (2.6)
1 Outpatient Visita	19 (5.2)	12 (3.3)	80 (14.0)
> 1 Outpatient Visita	318 (86.4)	316 (87.3)	476 (83.4)

Abbreviation: AD is antidepressants.

^a During the year of assessment considered for this study.