Table 1.
Characteristics of suicides, before, during and after interventions, Gap Park Masterplan area.
| Preintervention (2000-2009) |
Intervention (2010-2011) |
Postintervention (2012-2016) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 | p | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 22 | 53·7% | 10 | 47·6% | 16 | 66·7% | 1·80 | 0·408 |
| Female | 19 | 46·3% | 11 | 52·4% | 8 | 33·3% | ||
| Age group | ||||||||
| Below 25 | 6 | 14·6% | 6 | 28·6% | ≤5 | 12·5% | 0·807b | |
| 25 to 44 | 19 | 46·3% | 8 | 38·1% | 12 | 50·0% | ||
| 45 to 64 | 13 | 31·7% | ≤5 | 23·8% | 8 | 33·3% | ||
| 65 + | ≤5 | 7·3% | ≤5 | 9·5% | ≤5 | 4·2% | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Not married/de factoa | 19 | 46·3% | 13 | 61·9% | 12 | 50·0% | 6·13 | 0·190 |
| Married/de factoa | 15 | 36·6% | ≤5 | 14·3% | ≤5 | 16·7% | ||
| Unknown | 7 | 17·1% | ≤5 | 23·8% | 8 | 33·3% | ||
| Employment | ||||||||
| Employed | 22 | 53·7% | 10 | 47·6% | 8 | 33·3% | 0·410b | |
| Unemployed | ≤5 | 7·3% | ≤5 | 9·5% | ≤5 | 8·3% | ||
| Out of the workforce | ≤5 | 12·2% | 6 | 28·6% | ≤5 | 20·8% | ||
| Unknown | 11 | 26·8 % | ≤5 | 14·3% | 9 | 37·5% | ||
| Alcohol consumed | ||||||||
| Yes | 6 | 14·6% | ≤5 | 14·3% | ≤5 | 16·7% | 1·000b | |
| No/unknown | 35 | 85·4% | 18 | 85·7% | 20 | 83·3% | ||
| Lifetime suicidality | ||||||||
| Yes | 11 | 26·8% | 8 | 38·1% | 13 | 54·2% | 4·85 | 0·088 |
| None known | 30 | 73·2% | 13 | 61·9% | 11 | 45·8% | ||
a
A de facto relationship, under the Family Law Act 1975, is defined as a relationship between two people (who are not legally married or related by family) who, having regard to all of the circumstances of their relationship, lived together on a genuine domestic basis.
b
Rows x Columns equivalent of Fisher's exact (2-sided) used for analyses where less than 80% of the cells have expected values of 5 or less.