Table 2.
Reasons for suicide attempts
| Reasons | Total (N = 3698) | Older (N = 412) | Middle aged (N = 1777) | Young (N = 1509) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interpersonal relationship issues | |||||
| a. Couple conflicts | 1193 (32.3) | 55 (13.3) | 621 (34.9) | 517 (34.3) | < 0.001 |
| b. Family conflicts | 548 (14.8) | 57 (13.8) | 268 (15.1) | 223 (14.8) | 0.813 |
| c. Others | 175 (4.7) | 9 (2.2) | 77 (4.3) | 89 (5.9) | 0.004 |
| Social issues | |||||
| a. Job loss | 87 (2.4) | 8 (1.9) | 33 (1.9) | 46 (3.0) | 0.068 |
| b. Financial stress | 499 (13.5) | 35 (8.5) | 323 (18.2) | 141 (9.3) | < 0.001 |
| c. Work stress | 170 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 67 (3.8) | 103 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
| d. Legal academic stress | 42 (1.1) | 3 (0.7) | 27 (1.5) | 12 (0.8) | 0.106 |
| Psychiatric illness | |||||
| a. Mood disorder: depressive, bipolar | 356 (9.6) | 39 (9.5) | 156 (8.8) | 161 (10.7) | 0.186 |
| b. Adjustment disorder | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0.744 |
| c. Schizophrenia, other psychotic dis | 119 (3.2) | 7 (1.7) | 55 (3.1) | 57 (3.8) | 0.098 |
| d. Anxiety disorder | 16 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 9 (0.5) | 6 (0.4) | 0.736 |
| e. Panic disorder | 14 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.3) | 9 (0.6) | 0.142 |
| f. Substance-related | 83 (2.2) | 10 (2.4) | 54 (3.0) | 19 (1.3) | 0.003 |
| g. Personality disorder | 31 (0.8) | 1 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 24 (1.6) | < 0.001 |
| Physical illness | |||||
| a. Oneself | 275 (7.4) | 149 (36.2) | 107 (6.0) | 19 (1.3) | < 0.001 |
| b. Others | 68 (1.8) | 22 (5.3) | 34 (1.9) | 12 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
| Death of acquaintance | |||||
| a. Spouse | 28 (0.8) | 17 (4.1) | 9 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | < 0.001 |
| b. Family | 54 (1.5) | 4 (1.0) | 23 (1.3) | 27 (1.8) | 0.339 |
| c. Others | 18 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (0.5) | 10 (0.7) | 0.220 |
Parentheses indicate percentage