Table 2.
Proportion of consultations for suicide attempt, along with: visit number, age, and gender breakdown of 898 patients seeking care from emergency room psychiatric services from March 2013 to July 2014 at Beira Central Hospital, Sofala Province, Mozambique
| Consultation type (n, %)a | Mean age (SD) | Percent female | % First visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| All other consultations combined (706, 78.6) | 30.7 (11.7)* | 35.2* | 58.2* |
| Suicide attempt (162, 18.0) | 26.8 (10.1)* | 68.3* | 89.5* |
| Chemical intoxication – rat poison (107, 66.0) | 26.9 (9.9)* | 65.5* | 88.0* |
| Suicide attempt – unspecifed (32, 19.8) | 27.9 (12.3) | 68.8* | 90.3* |
| Medication intoxication – unspecifed (11, 6.8) | 24.9 (7.5) | 81.8 | 90.0 |
| Chemical intoxication – unspecifed (5, 3.1) | 21.8 (5.5) | 80.0 | 100.0 |
| Chemical intoxication – battery acid (3, 1.9) | All missing | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Chemical intoxication – batteries (2, 1.2) | 24 (0) | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| Chemical intoxication – gasoline (1, 0.62) | Missing | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Suicide attempt – hanging (1, 0.62) | 36 (0) | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Missing consultation data (30, 3.3) | 30.8 (10.9) | 32.0 | 74.1 |
Note.
a
Percentages for subgroupings are out of the subgroup total, not out of the total N = 898.
*
Signifcantly different from the average age, gender distribution, or % first visit using Bonferroni adjustment for 11 statistical tests, resulting in p-value cut-off of .05/11 = .0045.