TABLE 5.
Proportion of Women Who Died by Suicide and Had Redeemed Antidepressant Prescriptions during the Last 365 Days of Life by Drug Type Among Persons Aged 50 Years and Older Living in Denmark during January 1, 1996, to December 31, 2006
| 50–59 |
60–69 |
70–79 |
80 + |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | pa | |
| Antidepressants during last 1 yearb | |||||||||
| Any type | 326 | (67) | 247 | (66) | 183 | (55) | 115 | (44) | <0.0001 |
| TCAc | 83 | (17) | 71 | (19) | 61 | (18) | 25 | (10) | 0.0065 |
| SSRIc | 217 | (44) | 155 | (41) | 111 | (33) | 86 | (33) | 0.0028 |
| Otherc | 134 | (27) | 103 | (28) | 78 | (23) | 41 | (16) | 0.0004 |
| Time since last prescription before suicide | |||||||||
| ≤6 mo | 294 | (60) | 224 | (60) | 171 | (51) | 107 | (41) | <0.0001 |
| ≤3 mo | 261 | (53) | 198 | (53) | 150 | (45) | 85 | (33) | <0.0001 |
| ≤1 mo | 160 | (33) | 133 | (36) | 97 | (29) | 57 | (22) | 0.0020 |
| ≤1 wk | 48 | (10) | 36 | (10) | 28 | (8) | 16 | (6) | 0.0891 |
Notes: TCA: tricyclic antidepressant.
a
χ2 test of differences between age groups 50–59 and 80+. Degrees of freedom = 1.
b
These calculations are based on any antidepressant prescription (also a first prescription).
c
Drug types are not mutually exclusive.