Table 1. Distribution and Associations of Survey Self-Reported Lifetime Suicidality With Subsequent SAs in 27 501 Participantsa.
| Survey-Reported Lifetime Suicidality | Distribution of Survey-Reported Lifetime Suicidality (n = 27 501) | Prospective SAs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distribution of Prospective SAs (n = 220) | SAs/100 000 Person-Yearsc | OR (95% CI) | ||||
| % (SE) | No.b | % (SE) | No.b | |||
| No lifetime suicidality | 85.7 (0.3) | 23 852 | 73.9 (4.2) | 155 | 236.4 (25.2) | 1 [Reference] |
| Any lifetime suicidality | 14.3 (0.3) | 3649 | 26.1 (4.2) | 65 | 536.4 (98.4) | 3.0 (1.8-5.0)d |
| Ideation only | 7.5 (0.3) | 2118 | 9.6 (3.0) | 29 | 360.0 (111.6) | 1.4 (0.7-3.1) |
| Ideation with a plan but no attempt | 3.8 (0.2) | 787 | 6.7 (2.4) | 11 | 529.2 (204.0) | 3.1 (1.2-7.8)d |
| Ideation with an unplanned attempte | 0.9 (0.1) | 219 | 1.6 (0.8) | 6 | 616.8 (342.0) | 4.2 (1.1-15.4)d |
| Ideation with a planned attemptf | 2.1 (0.2) | 525 | 8.3 (2.3) | 19 | 1202.4 (369.6) | 8.8 (4.2-18.7)d |
| F4g | 9.4d | |||||
Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; SA, suicide attempt.
a
Results for all Regular Army soldiers in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers Consolidated All Army Survey Results reflect weighted and multiply imputed data.
b
Percentage is based on weighted data but number is unweighted.
c
Respondents with SAs were censored at the month of their first SA.
d
Significant at the .05 level, 2-sided multiply imputed adjusted test.
e
Respondents reported a lifetime SA in the survey but denied ever having a suicide plan.
f
Respondents reported a lifetime SA in the survey with a suicide plan.
g
F test to evaluate the joint significance of the association between survey lifetime suicidality and subsequent administratively recorded nonfatal SAs.