TABLE 2.

Demographic and Incident Characteristics by PTSD Status and Odds of Having posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Among Young Male Veteran Suicide Decedents, Ages 18–34 years, National Violent Death Reporting System, 2005–2014

	No PTSD (n = 1,164)		PTSD (n = 198)
	N	%	N	%	OR	95% CI	aORa	95% CI
Demographics
Age group (years)
18–24	321	28	27	14	Ref		Ref
25–34	843	72	171	86	2.41	1.57, 3.69	2.28	1.39, 3.74
Race/ethnicityb
White, non-Hispanic	909	78	152	77	Ref		Ref
Black, non-Hispanic	132	11	19	10	0.86	0.52, 1.43	0.99	0.56, 1.77
Other, non-Hispanic	59	5	9	5	0.91	0.44, 1.88	1.30	0.59, 2.86
Hispanic	63	5	18	9	1.71	0.98, 2.97	1.55	0.81, 2.97
Marital statusb
Never married, single unspecified	628	54	86	43	Ref		Ref
Married	319	27	65	33	1.49	1.05, 2.11	1.51	0.99, 2.31
Divorced	174	15	37	19	1.55	1.02, 2.36	1.68	1.02, 2.74
Married but separated	31	3	4	2	0.94	0.32, 2.73	1.03	0.32, 3.35
Widowed	5	0	2	1	2.92	0.56, 15.29	3.72	0.64, 21.60
Incident characteristics
Location of death
Died outside of home	418	36	61	31	Ref		Ref
Died at home	746	64	137	69	1.26	0.91, 1.74	1.11	0.76, 1.63
Methodb
Firearm	712	61	122	62	1.02	0.75, 1.39	1.37	0.53, 3.57
Sharp instrument	14	1	4	2	1.69	0.55, 5.20	2.93	0.63, 13.57
Poisoning	117	10	17	9	0.84	0.49, 1.43	0.92	0.31, 2.75
Hanging	278	24	47	24	0.99	0.70, 1.41	1.39	0.51, 3.78
Circumstances
Health relatedc
Current depressed mood	424	36	75	38	1.06	0.78, 1.45	0.88	0.60, 1.27
Diagnosis of depression	275	24	73	37	1.89	1.37, 2.60	1.75	1.21, 2.55
Alcohol dependence, or suspected intoxication	444	38	92	46	1.41	1.03, 1.91	1.13	0.79, 1.61
Other substance abuse	189	16	42	21	1.39	0.95, 2.02	1.34	0.87, 2.07
Life stressc
Intimate partner problems	560	48	89	45	0.88	0.65, 1.19	0.80	0.55, 1.17
Other relationship problems	117	10	9	5	0.43	0.21, 0.85	0.48	0.22, 1.03
Criminal and civil legal problems	174	15	24	12	0.78	0.50, 1.24	0.88	0.52, 1.49
Job problems	200	17	32	16	0.93	0.62, 1.40	0.84	0.51, 1.39
Financial problems	131	11	23	12	1.04	0.65, 1.66	0.90	0.51, 1.58
Recent crisis	290	25	28	14	0.50	0.33, 0.76	0.56	0.34, 0.90
Deployment mentioned in narrative	43	4	64	32	12.45	8.13, 19.06	14.53	9.03, 23.39
Other preceding circumstancesc
Disclosed intent	332	29	66	33	1.25	0.91, 1.73	1.17	0.81, 1.70
Left a note	339	29	52	26	0.87	0.62, 1.22	0.88	0.60, 1.28

^aAdjusted for: race/ethnicity, marital status, age group, and all other circumstances.

^bCategories might not sum to total because of missing data.

^cCategories not mutually exclusive.