Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients with personality disorder who died by suicide compared with patients with other diagnoses

	Personality disorder (n = 154)			Other diagnosesa (n = 1447)
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	P
In-patients	7/154	5	2–9	84/1446	6	5–7	0.52
Recent (<3 months) discharge	31/145	21	15–29	170/1354	13	11–14	<0.01
Missed last contact	39/145	27	20–35	345/1335	26	24–28	0.78
Non-adherence with medication in last month	16/143	11	7–18	143/1304	11	9–13	0.94
Duration of illness
Less than 12 months	4/153	3	1–7	300/1368	22	20–24	<0.01
More than 5 years	125/153	82	75–87	698/1368	51	48–54	<0.01
Over five previous admissions	29/153	19	13–26	104/1419	7	6–9	<0.01
First contact with services
Less than 12 months	12/154	8	4–13	358/1447	25	23–28	<0.01
1–5 years ago	36/150	24	17–31	382/1415	27	25–30	<0.01
More than 5 years	104/153	68	60–76	668/1421	47	45–50	<0.01
Last admission was a readmission after 3 months	22/103	21	14–31	86/669	13	10–16	0.02
Last contact within 7 days of death/offence	72/154	47	39–55	656/1429	46	43–49	0.84
Symptoms of mental distress at last contact	111/146	76	68–83	855/1389	62	59–64	<0.01

^a.Other diagnoses include schizophrenia and other delusional disorders, affective disorder, alcohol dependence/misuse, drug dependence misuse, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder, eating disorder, dementia, intellectual disability, pervasive developmental disorder/autistic spectrum disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder/conduct disorder.