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. 2020 Jul 9;8(7):e14500. doi: 10.2196/14500

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics.

Features Totala (n=1112) Lethal attemptsa,b (n=190) Nonlethal attemptsa,b (n=922) P value
Sex


<.001c

Female 647 (58.18) 83 (43.68) 564 (61.17)

Male 464 (41.73) 107 (56.32) 357 (38.72)

Unknown 1 (0.09) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.11)
Mean age, years 43.17 (18.2) 47.31 (18.41) 42.31 (18.06) <.001d
History of suicide attempts


.88c

No attempt or unknown 763 (68.62) 129 (67.89) 634 (68.76)

Previous history 349 (31.38) 61 (32.11) 288 (31.24)
C-SSRSe fatality rating for the outcome of an attempt

1: None or minor physical damage 177 (15.92) N/Af 177

2: Minor physical damage 387 (34.80) N/A 387

3: Moderate physical damage 358 (32.19) N/A 358

4: Severe physical damage 152 (13.67) 152 (80.00) N/A

5: Very severe physical damage 33 (2.97) 33 (17.37) N/A

6: Death 5 (0.45) 5 (2.63) N/A
Mean of the SISg sum 26.74 (5.91) 30.23 (6.19) 25.06 (5.61) <.001d

aData are presented as n (%), n, or mean (SD).

bFatality scale of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (3 for a lethal suicide attempt and <3 for a nonlethal suicide attempt).

cChi-square test between those who had lethal attempts and those who had nonlethal attempts.

dt test between those who had lethal attempts and those who had nonlethal attempts.

eC-SSRS: Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.

fN/A: not applicable.

gSIS: Beck Suicide Intent Scale.