Table 1.

Case sociodemographic characteristics.

Characteristic	Suicide Cases n (%)
	Total (n=39)	Female (n=18)	Male (n=21)
Age	33.1 (Range: 14-79)	26.8 (Range: 14-64)	38.6 (Range: 14-79)
Marital Status
Married	26 (66.7)	9 (50)	17 (81.0)
Single	9 (23.1)	6 (33.3)	3 (14.3)
Divorced/Separated	2 (5.1)	2 (11.1)	0
Widower	2 (5.1)	1 (5.6)	1 (4.8)
Caste/Ethnicity
Brahman/Chhetri	23 (59)	9 (50)	14 (66.7)
Dalit	8 (20.5)	5 (27.8)	3 (14.3)
Janajati	8 (20.5)	4 (22.2)	4 (19)
Religion
Hindu	34 (87.2)	15 (83.3)	19 (90.5)
Buddhist	3 (7.7)	2 (11.1)	1 (4.8)
Other	2 (5.1)	1 (5.6)	1 (4.8)
District
Jumla	20 (51.3)	10 (55.6)	10 (47.6)
Kathmandu	19 (48.7)	8 (44.4)	11 (52.4)