Table 2.
Prevalence of confirmatory responses to questions on suicidal expressions during recent year--stratified for gender and country
| Suicidal expressions | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua n = 188 % |
Cambodia n = 151 % |
p | Nicaragua n = 180 % |
Cambodia n = 165 % |
p | |
| Life weariness | 34.0 | 26.5 | n.s. | 34.4 | 24.8 | n.s. |
| Death thought | 36.2 | 25.8 | .042 | 43.3 | 26.1 | .001 |
| Death wishes | 25.0 | 14.6 | .018 | 33.9 | 17.6 | .001 |
| Suicide ideation | 17.6 | 8.6 | .017 | 27.8 | 13.3 | .001 |
| Plans/attempt | 10.1 | 16.6 | n.s. | 12.8 | 12.7 | n.s. |
| Any expression | 57.4 | 54.3 | n.s. | 63.3 | 49.1 | .008 |