Table 4.

Medical comorbidities in Blacks (n = 759) and Whites (n = 5388) with suicidal attempt.

	Blacks		Whites		All
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Congestive Heart Failure	<10	-	30	0.56	34	0.55
Valvular Disease	0	0.00	14	0.26	14	0.23
Peripheral Vascular Disorders	<10	-	13	0.24	14	0.23
Hypertension Complicated	<10	-	17	0.32	22	0.36
Hypertension Uncomplicated *	46	6.06	161	2.99	208	3.38
Peptic Ulcer Disease Excluding Bleeding	0	0.00	10	0.19	10	0.16
Renal Failure *	10	1.32	30	0.56	40	0.65
Rheumatoid Arthritis Collagen Vascular Diseases	<10	-	26	0.48	30	0.49
Chronic Pulmonary Disease *	49	6.46	208	3.86	257	4.18
Liver Disease	<10	-	73	1.35	76	1.24
Pulmonary Circulation Disorders	<10	-	20	0.37	26	0.42
Blood Loss Anemia	0	0.00	23	0.43	23	0.37
Cardiac Arrhythmias	24	3.16	211	3.92	235	3.82
Coagulopathy *	20	2.64	46	0.85	66	1.07
Deficiency Anemia	<10	-	19	0.35	22	0.36
Diabetes Complicated	<10	-	13	0.24	18	0.29
Diabetes Uncomplicated	13	1.71	82	1.52	95	1.55
Obesity *	38	5.01	112	2.08	150	2.44
Hypothyroidism	<10	-	64	1.19	67	1.09
Fluid Electrolyte Disorders	15	1.98	88	1.63	103	1.68
Lymphoma	0	0.00	< 10	-	< 10	-
Metastatic Cancer	0	0.00	18	0.33	18	0.29
Solid Tumor Without Metastasis	<10	-	20	0.37	22	0.36
Weight Loss	<10	-	49	0.91	51	0.83
Other Neurological Disorders *	12	1.58	173	3.21	185	3.01
Paralysis	<10	-	< 10	-	10	0.16

* p < 0.05.