Table 3. Percentage of Adults in the United States With a Recent Suicide Attempt, Total and Stratified by Sociodemographic Characteristicsa.
Characteristic | No. of Observations by Survey Cohort | Recent Suicide Attempt by Survey Cohort, % | Adjusted Risk Difference, % (95% CI)b | Adjusted Risk Difference P Valueb | Adjusted Additive Interaction P Valueb | ||
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2004-2005 | 2012-2013 | 2004-2005 | 2012-2013 | ||||
Total | 34 629 | 34 712 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 0.17 (0.01 to 0.33) | .04 | NA |
Sex | |||||||
Men | 14 552 | 15 122 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.13 (−0.07 to 0.33) | .18 | .61 |
Women | 20 077 | 19 590 | 0.72 | 0.92 | 0.21 (−0.02 to 0.44) | .09 | Reference |
Age, y | |||||||
21-34 | 8005 | 10 158 | 1.02 | 1.48 | 0.48 (0.09 to 0.87) | .02 | Reference |
35-49 | 11 044 | 9816 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.01 (−0.30 to 0.32) | .96 | .06 |
50-64 | 8403 | 8932 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.13 (−0.10 to 0.36) | .25 | .14 |
≥65 | 7177 | 5806 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.06 (−0.02 to 0.14) | .15 | .04 |
Race/ethnicity | |||||||
Non-Hispanic white | 20 153 | 18 601 | 0.60 | 0.81 | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.44) | .02 | Reference |
Non-Hispanic black | 6580 | 7350 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.28 (0.01 to 0.55) | .04 | .83 |
Hispanic | 6351 | 6556 | 0.78 | 0.75 | −0.01 (−0.32 to 0.30) | .93 | .17 |
Other | 1545 | 2205 | 0.94 | 0.70 | −0.25 (−0.88 to 0.38) | .44 | .14 |
Marital status | |||||||
Married or cohabiting | 18 863 | 16 635 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.01 (−0.17 to 0.19) | .90 | Reference |
Widowed, separated, or divorced | 9149 | 9421 | 0.91 | 1.25 | 0.44 (−0.15 to 1.03) | .15 | .18 |
Never married | 6617 | 8656 | 1.04 | 1.42 | 0.30 (−0.03 to 0.63) | .09 | .16 |
Educational attainment, highest grade | |||||||
High school | 13 691 | 12 765 | 0.59 | 1.01 | 0.49 (0.18 to 0.80) | .002 | .003 |
Some college | 12 037 | 13 040 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.08 (−0.18 to 0.34) | .56 | .58 |
College graduate | 8901 | 8907 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.03 (−0.17 to 0.23) | .74 | Reference |
Employment status | |||||||
Employed | 21 884 | 20 341 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.13 (−0.01 to 0.27) | .08 | .49 |
Unemployed | 12 745 | 14 371 | 1.04 | 1.15 | −0.03 (−0.48 to 0.42) | .89 | Reference |
Annual family income, $ | |||||||
0-19 999 | 8342 | 9863 | 1.33 | 1.67 | 0.19 (−0.36 to 0.74) | .49 | .56 |
20 000-34 999 | 6988 | 7571 | 0.63 | 0.83 | 0.19 (−0.26 to 0.64) | .41 | .50 |
35 000-69 999 | 10 642 | 9280 | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.16 (−0.10 to 0.42) | .23 | .38 |
≥70 000 | 8657 | 7998 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.02 (−0.18 to 0.22) | .81 | Reference |
Data are from the wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) (2004-2005) and NESARC-III (2012-2013). Results are based on weighted sampling. Recent suicide attempts are in past 3 years, including year of the survey.
Adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity.