Table 2.
Summary of experience of suicide
| User Type N (%) |
Allb (N = 562) |
Male All (N = 192) | Female All (N = 359) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I have attempted to take my own life | 38 (6.8) | 14 (7.3) | 22 (6.1) |
| I have been touched by suicide in some other way | 109 (21.2) | 40 (20.8) | 78 (21.7) |
| I have cared for someone who attempted to take their own life | 44 (7.8) | 11 (5.7) | 32 (8.9) |
| I have had thoughts about taking my own life | 88 (15.7) | 41 (21.4) | 46 (12.8) |
| Someone I know took their own life | 268 (47.7) | 86 (44.8) | 181 (50.4) |
| Someone I know took their own life | N = 268 | N = 86 | N = 181 |
| Was this person a family member (Yes/No) | |||
| No response (participants have not yet completed question)a | 22 (8.2) | 6 (7.0) | 16 (8.8) |
| Yes | 120 (21.4) | 24 (27.9) | 96 (53.0) |
| No | 126 (22.4) | 56 (65.1) | 69 (38.1) |
| Effect on your life | N = 268 | N = 86 | N = 181 |
| No responsea | 70 (26.1) | 22 (25.6) | 47 (26.0) |
| The death had a significant or devastating effect on me that I still feel | 73 (27.2) | 12 (14.0) | 61 (33.7) |
| The death disrupted my life in a significant or devastating way, but I no longer feel that way | 31 (11.6) | 7 (8.1) | 24 (13.6) |
| The death disrupted my life for a short time | 36 (13.4) | 14 (16.3) | 22 (12.1) |
| The death had somewhat of an effect on me, but did not disrupt my life | 49 (18.2) | 26 (30.2) | 23 (12.7) |
| The death had little effect on my life | 9 (3.3) | 5 (5.8) | 4 (2.2) |
aThe high rate of no response reflects the fact that only people who identified as being bereaved by suicide were presented with this question. In addition, not all participants had yet reached this stage in their personalised website pathway in order to be able to complete the question)
b4 participants marked ‘other’ and 7 participants did not provide gender information
Bold entries highlight points discussed in the text or represent summed totals of a number of categories