Table 3. Responses to gate and follow-up questions for suicide plans.

B. Gate Question: Suicide Plan	YES		NO
"Have you ever made a plan to kill yourself?" (n = 263)	%	Ratio	%	Ratio
	33.08	87/263	66.92	176/263
Follow-Up Questions a	Among ideators who said YES to Gate		Among ideators who said NO to Gate
Thought of a method	93.10	81/87	64.77	114/176
Thought of a place	75.86	66/87	38.07	67/176
Preparatory actions	48.75	39/80	29.19	47/161
Sure of method	64.20	52/81	37.72	43/114
Sure of place	61.54	40/65	40.91	27/66
Four or five planning components b	51.72	30/58	39.50	18/48

^a Participants who responded “No response/Not applicable” or left the item blank were excluded resulting in changing totals (i.e., denominators).

^b Only participants that endorsed or denied all 5 planning components were included. Using the full sample in the denominator (i.e., 176), 10.80% of people who denied a plan, endorsed four or five planning components