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Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2017 Feb 20;252:57–62. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.02.042

Table 2.

Comparing the male and female suicide attempters on the critical conditions

Variable		Male Cases (N=293)	Females Cases (N=498)	χ²/t

		Mean±SD/f (%)	Mean±SD/f (%)
Prior suicide act	Yes	32 (10.9)	53 (10.6)	0.02
Prior suicide act	No	261 (89.1)	445 (89.4)
Suicide intent	-	9.37±4.96	9.86±4.84	−1.38
Suicide method	Pesticide	237 (80.9)	356 (71.5)	8.69^**
	Others	56 (19.1)	142 (28.5)
	Other toxicant	10 (3.4)	31 (6.2)
	Hanging	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)
	Drowning	3 (1.0)	3 (0.6)
	Jumping	4 (1.4)	2 (0.4)
	Overdose	27 (9.2)	73 (14.7)
	Wrist cutting	2 (0.7)	8 (1.6)
	Gas chamber	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)
	Train rails	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)
	Others	6 (2.1)	20 (4.0)

Note:

^**

p<0.01;

SD=Standard Deviation