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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2016 Apr 25;47(1):27–37. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12259

Table 2. Demographic, Clinical, and Service Utilization Factors in the Year Prior to a Suicide-Related Visit among Cases, Matched Controls, and Total Service Population.

Suicide-related Visit (N = 890) No Suicide-related Visit (N = 890) Total Service Population (N = 64528)
Factor Missing N % N % N %
Demographic2
 Marital status§ 145
  Single 630 75 546 68 33129 55
  Married 141 17 226 28 21731 36
  Divorced/separated/widowed 69 8 23 3 5626 9
 Estimated Income3 7
  0 - 39.9K 190 22 162 18 --- ---
  40 - 49.9K 302 34 320 36 --- ---
  50 - 59.9K 199 23 230 26 --- ---
  60K+ 192 22 178 20 --- ---
 Insurance status
  None 599 67 657 74 37315 58
  Medicaid/Medicare 185 21 97 11 10885 17
  Any private insurance 106 12 136 15 16328 25
 Religious affiliation§§ 164
  None 177 21 196 25 13575 24
  Any 667 79 576 75 42822 76
Clinical
 One or more behavioral health conditions4 668 75 58 7 17258 27
 Depression screening score(s)5 10
  Absent in year prior 664 75 747 84 --- ---
  Negative in year prior 165 19 125 14 --- ---
  Positive in year prior 55 6 14 2 --- ---
 Substance abuse screening score(s)6
  Absent in year prior 669 75 749 84 --- ---
  Negative in year prior 201 23 128 14 --- ---
  Positive in year prior 20 2 13 1 --- ---
 One or more chronic physical condition 211 24 32 4 16979 26
 One or more injury 378 42 54 6 24280 38
 Opioid medication dispensed 394 44 100 11 38415 60
 Psychotropic medication dispensed 346 39 44 5 1290 2
Service utilization
 Primary care visits
  None 313 35 464 52 --- ---
  One or two 190 21 224 25 --- ---
  Three to six 214 24 146 16 --- ---
  Seven or more 173 19 56 6 --- ---
 Behavioral health consultant visits
  None 732 82 839 94 --- ---
  One 65 7 33 4 --- ---
  Two or more 93 10 18 2 --- ---
 Primary care provider change 72 8 71 8 --- ---
 Behavioral health specialty care visits
  None 686 77 846 95 60130 93
  One 43 5 20 2 --- ---
  Two or more 161 18 24 3 --- ---
 Other ambulatory visits
  None 280 31 362 41 11402 18
  One or two 220 25 227 26 --- ---
  Three to six 193 22 153 17 --- ---
  Seven or more 197 22 148 17 --- ---
 Emergency or urgent care visits
  None 291 33 509 57 24590 38
  One or two 252 28 261 29 --- ---
  Three or more 347 39 120 13 --- ---
 One or more inpatient stays 160 18 88 10 18227 28
1

Alaska Native/American Indian adults with any visit between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2009

2

As of date of electronic query

3

Includes mood, anxiety, impulse control, pain, psychotic, personality, and substance abuse disorders.

4

Screening with Patient Health Questionnaire, scores of 10 or above positive

5

Primary care screening with modified Alcohol Use Disorders

§

Missing 4042 values for Total Service Population.

§§

Missing 8131 values for Total Service Population.