TABLE 1—
Demographic and Risk Characteristics of Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among Active Military and Veteran Participants: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010
| Full Sample (n = 2602), % (95% CI) | Suicide–IDE (n = 66), % (95% CI) | Suicide–NEG (n = 2536), % (95% CI) | Rao–Scott χ2 | P | |
| Age 18–39 y | 15.9 (10.2–21.5) | 24.9 (0.0, 58.8) | 15.5 (9.7, 21.3) | 0.64 | .42 |
| Age 40–59 y | 32.7 (27.9, 37.6) | 53.4 (27.6, 79.3) | 31.9 (27.0, 36.9) | 3.09 | .08 |
| Age 60–79 y | 41.6 (36.9, 46.3) | 19.5 (3.3, 35.8) | 42.4 (37.6, 47.3) | 5.27 | .02 |
| Age ≥ 80 y | 9.8 (7.6, 12.1) | 2.1 (0.0, 6.2) | 10.2 (7.8, 12.5) | 3.34 | .07 |
| Male | 91.5 (88.8, 94.2) | 73.3 (45.5, 100.0) | 92.2 (89.7, 94.7) | 5.19 | .02 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 85.2 (80.4, 90.0) | 70.8 (42.8, 98.9) | 85.8 (80.9, 90.7) | 1.89 | .17 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 7.1 (4.7, 9.5) | 2.2 (0.0, 5.5) | 7.3 (4.8, 9.7) | 2.81 | .09 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 6.7 (2.2, 4.2) | 25.7 (0.0, 54.3) | 5.9 (1.4, 10.5) | 5.10 | .02 |
| Hispanic | 1.2 (0.4, 1.7) | 1.2 (0.0, 3.2) | 1.1 (0.4, 1.7) | 0.04 | .84 |
| Married/cohabitating | 75.1 (71.2, 78.9) | 65.3 (42.2, 88.4) | 75.5 (71.6, 79.4) | 0.93 | .33 |
| Poor self-rated health | 56.5 (53.3, 59.7) | 72.9 (48.2, 97.7) | 54.0 (48.8, 59.2) | 1.99 | .16 |
| Active military | 4.7 (1.9, 7.5) | 2.4 (0.0, 6.7) | 4.8 (1.9, 7.7) | 0.61 | .44 |
| Veteran (service ≤ 12 mo) | 12.5 (7.8, 17.2) | 17.4 (0.0, 36.4) | 12.3 (7.4, 17.1) | 0.33 | .56 |
| Veteran (service > 12 mo) | 82.8 (77.7, 88.0) | 80.2 (60.7, 99.7) | 82.9 (77.6, 88.2) | 0.08 | .78 |
| Service in combat zone | 43.5 (30.3, 48.8) | 36.7 (11.3, 62.1) | 43.8 (38.4, 49.2) | 0.31 | .58 |
| Report of depression, anxiety, PTSD | 16.5 (12.4, 20.5) | 75.0 (52.4, 97.6) | 14.1 (10.2, 18.1) | 40.29 | < .001 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 3.7 (1.3, 6.2) | 8.9 (0.0, 20.1) | 3.5 (1.0, 6.0) | 1.84 | .17 |
| Mental health counseling/treatment | 11.0 (7.4, 14.6) | 52.1 (25.9, 78.1) | 9.3 (5.8, 12.9) | 26.42 | < .001 |
| Emotional/social support | 81.7 (71.0, 86.4) | 54.0 (28.1, 79.9) | 82.8 (78.0, 87.6) | 7.92 | .005 |
| Suicide ideation (past 12 mo) | 3.8 (2.0, 5.6) | … | … | … | … |
| Suicide attempt (past 12 mo) | 0.4 (0.0, 1.1) | … | … | … | … |
Note. CI = confidence interval; IDE = ideation; NEG = negative; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.