Table 2.

Rates of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH) thoughts and NSSH by sociodemographic characteristics

	Suicidal thoughts		Suicide attempts		NSSH thoughts		NSSH
	Lifetime	Past year	Lifetime	Past year	Lifetime	Past year	Lifetime	Past year
Accommodation
Lives with others, % (95% CI) (n = 40 379)	19.8 (19.4–20.1)	6.4 (6.2–6.7)	3.9 (3.7–4.1)	0.4 (0.3–0.4)	21.8 (21.4–22.2)	8.2 (7.9–8.5)	19.0 (18.6–19.3)	3.7 (3.6–3.9)
Lives alone, % (95% CI) (n = 9675)	26.5 (25.6–27.3)	10.2 (9.6–10.8)	5.7 (5.2–6.1)	0.8 (0.6–1.0)	26.3 (25.4–27.2)	11.8 (11.2–12.5)	22.7 (21.9–23.6)	5.5 (5.0–6.0)
Prevalence ratio	1.34	1.59	1.46	2.00	1.21	1.44	1.19	1.49
Relationship status
Partner/married, % (95% CI) (n = 25 085)	19.7 (19.2–20.2)	5.7 (5.4–6.0)	4.3 (4.1–4.6)	0.3 (0.2–0–4)	22.6 (22.1–23.2)	8.0 (7.7–8.3)	20.4 (19.9–20.9)	3.6 (3.4–3.9)
Single, % (95% CI) (n = 24 969)	22.4 (21.9–22.9)	8.7 (8.3–9.0)	4.2 (3.9–4.4)	0.6 (0.5–0.7)	22.8 (22.2–23.3)	9.8 (9.4–10.2)	18.9 (18.4–19.4)	4.5 (4.3–4.8)
Prevalence ratio	1.14	1.53	0.98	2.00	1.01	1.23	0.93	1.25
Economic activity
Economically active, >10 000 NOK, % (95% CI) (n = 43 600)	20.0 (19.6–20.3)	6.5 (6.3–6.8)	3.9 (3.7–4.1)	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	21.8 (21.5–22.2)	8.3 (8.1–8.6)	18.9 (18.5–19.3)	3.7 (3.5–3.8)
Economically inactive, % (95% CI) (n = 6245)	28.7 (27.6–29.8)	11.6 (10.8–12.4)	6.5 (5.8–7.1)	0.8 (0.6–1.0)	28.6 (27.5–29.8)	12.8 (12.0–13.6)	25.2 (24.1–26.3)	6.9 (6.3–7.5)
Prevalence ratio	1.44	1.78	1.67	2.00	1.31	1.54	1.33	1.86
Ethnicity
Ethnic Norwegian, % (95% CI) (n = 46 044)	20.7 (20.4–21.1)	7.0 (6.7–7.2)	4.0 (3.8–4.2)	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	22.5 (22.1–22.9)	8.8 (8.5–9.1)	19.7 (19.3–20.1)	4.0 (3.9–4.2)
Immigrant, % (95% CI) (n = 4010)	24.8 (23.4–26.1)	9.5 (8.6–10.4)	6.7 (5.9–7.5)	0.9 (0.6–1.2)	25.1 (23.7–26.4)	10.2 (9.3–11.1)	19.4 (18.1–20.6)	4.4 (3.8–5.1)
Prevalence ratio	1.20	1.36	1.68	2.25	1.12	1.16	0.98	1.10

NOK, Norwegian Krone.