Table 2.

Common precipitating circumstances of suicide decedents with dementia (n=62)^*, Georgia, 2013-2016

Variable	N	Percent
Current Diagnosed mental health problems	19	30.7
Current mental health treatment†	7	36.8
Current depressed mood	24	38.7
History of mental health problems	6	9.7
Physical health problems	45	72.6
Physical health as a crisis‡	15	33.3
History of suicide thoughts or attempt	23	37.1
Disclosed intent	13	21.0
Left a suicide note	14	22.5

^*The original number of cases for examining the precipitating circumstances was 91 but 29 decedents who were missing information on all circumstances were excluded from the analyses, bringing the analytic sample size to 62 cases.

^†The denominator are individuals with diagnosed mental health problems.

^‡The denominator are individuals with physical health problems.