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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2018 May 24;175(10):951–960. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17101167

Table 3.

Classification accuracy in pre-defined strata for prediction of suicide attempts and suicide deaths within 90 days of a mental health or primary care visit in seven health systems, 2009–2015. Potential over-fitting in training sample is indicated by differences between predicted and actual risks.

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS FOLLOWING: SUICIDE DEATHS FOLLOWING:
A Ment al Health Specialty Visit A Mental Health Specialty Visit
Risk Score Percentile Strata Predicted Risk1 Actual Risk2 % of All Attempts3 Standardized Event Ratio4 Risk Score Percentile Strata Predicted Risk1 Actual Risk2 % of All Deaths3 Standardized Event Ratio4
>99.5th 13.0% 12.7% 10% 20.7 >99.5th 0.654% 0.694% 12% 24.6
99th to 99.5th 8.5% 8.1% 6% 12.9 99th to 99.5th 0.638% 0.595% 11% 21.5
95th to 99th 4.1% 4.2% 27% 6.7 95th to 99th 0.162% 0.167% 25% 6.3
90th to 95th 1.9% 1.8% 15% 3.0 90th to 95th 0.068% 0.088% 16% 2.3
75th to 90th 0.9% 0.9% 21% 1.4 75th to 90th 0.031% 0.029% 16% 1.1
50th to 75th 0.3% 0.3% 13% 0.51 50th to 75th 0.014% 0.015% 13% 0.54
<50th 0.1% 0.1% 8% 0.16 <50th 0.003% 0.003% 6% 0.12
A Primary Care Visit with Mental Health Diagnosis A Primary Care Visit with Mental Health Diagnosis
Risk Score Percentile Strata Predicted Risk1 Actual Risk2 % of All Attempts3 Standardized Event Ratio4 Risk Score Percentile Strata Predicted Risk1 Actual Risk2 % of All Deaths3 Standardized Event Ratio4
>99.5th 8.6% 8.0% 15% 30.5 >99.5th 0.536% 0.435% 14% 28.8
99th to 99.5th 4.1% 4.2% 8% 16.3 99th to 99.5th 0.181% 0.197% 7% 13.0
95th to 99th 1.6% 1.6% 25% 6.2 95th to 99th 0.092% 0.083% 22% 5.6
90th to 95th 0.7% 0.7% 13% 2.6 90th to 95th 0.035% 0.038% 13% 2.5
75th to 90th 0.3% 0.3% 18% 1.2 75th to 90th 0.018% 0.019% 19% 1.3
50th to 75th 0.1% 0.1% 12% 0.49 50th to 75th 0.009% 0.009% 15% 0.62
<50th 0.04% 0.04% 9% 0.17 <50th 0.003% 0.003% 10% 0.19

Notes:

1

Predicted risk in this stratum using final model predictors and coefficients in the training sample

2

Observed risk in this stratum using final model predictors and coefficients in the validation sample

3

Percentage of all suicide attempts or deaths occurring in this stratum in validation sample

4

Ratio of observed risk in this stratum of the validation sample to average risk in the full validation sample