Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients and their relation with suicide attempts

Characteristic	No. of subjects tested	Subjects with suicide attempt		Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	P value
		No.	%
Age groups (years)
30 or less	98	61	62.2	3.9	1.48-10.23	0.001
31-50	148	84	56.8	3.1	1.23-7.79	0.007
51-70	30	9	30	1.0
Gender
Male	85	37	43.5	1.0
Female	191	117	61.3	2.1	1.18-3.56	0.006
Residence place
Durango State	265	146	55.1	1.0
Other Mexican State	11	8	72.7	2.2	0.51-10.59	0.35
Residence area
Urban	221	132	59.7	4.2	1.33-13.74	0.004
Suburban	36	17	47.2	2.5	0.65-10.11	0.13
Rural	19	5	26.3	1.0
Educational level
No education	4	3	75	3.2	0.27-86.60	0.61
1 to 6 years	65	32	49.2	1.1	0.47-2.32	0.9
7-12 years	155	94	60.6	1.7	0.84-3.29	0.11
>12 years	52	25	48.1	1.0
Occupation
Agriculture or livestock	11	4	36.4	1.1	0.15-8.85	1
Business	28	14	50	2.0	0.40-10.39	0.33
Clerck	56	38	67.9	4.2	0.97-19.60	0.05
Construction or factory	7	3	42.9	1.5	0.15-15.62	1
Housekeeping	109	62	56.9	2.6	0.66-11.19	0.11
None	39	19	48.7	1.9	0.42-9.14	0.34
Professional	12	4	33.3	1.0
Student	14	10	71.4	5.0	0.73-39.29	0.05
Socio-economic levela
Low	102	56	54.9	1.0
Medium	168	94	56	1.0	0.62-1.76	0.86
High	6	4	66.7	1.6	0.24-13.60	0.69

^aSelf-reported.