Table 2.
Suicide rates in the first month postdischarge from psychiatric settings
| N studies | Suicides | Patient years | Pooled estimate | Lower limit | Upper limit | |
| One month | 29 | 3551 | 222 546 | 2060 | 1300 | 3280 |
| Subgroup of studies reporting follow-up at 1 week and 2–4 weeks | ||||||
| One week | 15 | 1928 | 60 854 | 3170 | 1710 | 5890 |
| Two to four weeks | 15 | 1229 | 115 858 | 1060 | 660 | 1070 |
| Subgroup of studies reporting suicides by men and women | ||||||
| Men | 10 | 917 | 83 913 | 1400 | 780 | 2500 |
| Women | 10 | 497 | 82 989 | 720 | 390 | 1320 |
| Subgroup of studies according to data source | ||||||
| Extracted directly | 22 | 2672 | 107 439 | 2880 | 1770 | 4670 |
| Personally communicated | 7 | 879 | 115 107 | 920 | 430 | 1930 |
| Subgroups of studies according to selection for suicidal thoughts or behaviours | ||||||
| Admitted with suicidal thoughts or behaviours | 5 | 5 | 56 | 6210 | 1550 | 24 860 |
| Unselected by suicidally | 24 | 3546 | 222 490 | 1850 | 1170 | 2920 |
| Subgroups of studies according to selection by diagnosis | ||||||
| Patients with a mood disorder | 6 | 312 | 18 201 | 3370 | 1240 | 9180 |
| Patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder | 3 | 41 | 6270 | 1720 | 330 | 9110 |
| Unselected by diagnosis | 20 | 3198 | 198 075 | 1830 | 1080 | 3110 |
| Subgroups of studies according to study quality | ||||||
| Higher quality* | 8 | 820 | 73 318 | 1360 | 1350 | 1370 |
| Lower quality | 20 | 2731 | 149 227 | 2720 | 2690 | 2740 |
| Subgroup of studies according to geographic region | ||||||
| Asia | 8 | 235 | 13 000 | 3230 | 1470 | 7100 |
| Europe | 10 | 2554 | 75 634 | 2340 | 1170 | 4680 |
| USA | 6 | 346 | 87 376 | 1030 | 450 | 2380 |
| UK, Australia and Canada | 5 | 416 | 46 535 | 2020 | 630 | 6490 |
*One study failed to converge.