Table 3. Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation by Participant Characteristics .
| Characteristic | Participants, No. (%) (N = 1354) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No suicidal ideation | Suicidal ideation | Total | |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 537 (39.7) | 42 (3.1) | 579 (42.8) |
| Male | 730 (53.9) | 32 (2.4) | 762 (56.3) |
| Missing | 12 (0.9) | 1 (0.1) | 13 (1.0) |
| Age, y | |||
| <35 | 418 (30.9) | 21 (1.6) | 439 (32.4) |
| 35-44 | 360 (26.6) | 25 (1.9) | 385 (28.4) |
| 45-54 | 227 (16.8) | 16 (1.2) | 243 (18.0) |
| 55-64 | 183 (13.5) | 10 (0.7) | 193 (14.3) |
| ≥65 | 91 (6.7) | 3 (0.2) | 94 (6.9) |
| Race | |||
| Asian | 286 (21.1) | 6 (0.4) | 292 (21.6) |
| Black or African American | 50 (3.7) | 4 (0.3) | 54 (4.0) |
| White | 832 (61.5) | 61 (4.5) | 893 (66.0) |
| Other or missing | 98 (7.2) | 2 (0.1) | 100 (7.4) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 65 (4.8) | 7 (0.5) | 72 (5.3) |
| Non-Hispanic | 1200 (88.6) | 68 (5.0) | 1268 (93.6) |
| Missing | 14 (1.0) | 0 | 14 (1.0) |
| Training status | |||
| Attending physician | 881 (65.1) | 53 (3.9) | 934 (69.0) |
| Trainee (resident or fellow) | 398 (29.4) | 22 (1.6) | 420 (31.0) |
| Practice type | |||
| Nongovernment hospital | 451 (33.3) | 22 (1.6) | 473 (34.9) |
| Group practice | 379 (28.0) | 25 (1.9) | 404 (29.8) |
| Government hospital (city, county, state, or federal) | 125 (9.2) | 7 (0.5) | 132 (9.8) |
| Small private practicea | 110 (8.1) | 4 (0.3) | 114 (8.4) |
| Missing or other practice typeb | 214 (15.8) | 17 (1.3) | 231 (17.1) |
| Specialty | |||
| Anesthesiology | 91 (6.7) | 5 (0.4) | 96 (7.1) |
| Dermatology | 22 (1.6) | 2 (0.2) | 24 (1.8) |
| Emergency medicine | 71 (5.2) | 3 (0.2) | 74 (5.5) |
| Family medicine | 157 (11.6) | 10 (0.7) | 167 (12.3) |
| Internal medicine | 178 (13.2) | 6 (0.4) | 184 (13.6) |
| Internal medicine subspecialty | 123 (9.1) | 4 (0.3) | 127 (9.4) |
| Neurology | 27 (2.0) | 1 (0.07) | 28 (2.1) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 90 (6.7) | 6 (0.4) | 96 (7.1) |
| Ophthalmology | 29 (2.1) | 1 (0.07) | 30 (2.2) |
| Pathology | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.07) | 4 (0.3) |
| Pediatrics | 88 (6.5) | 3 (0.2) | 91 (6.7) |
| Pediatrics subspecialty | 58 (4.3) | 5 (0.4) | 63 (4.7) |
| Physical medicine | 12 (0.9) | 1 (0.07) | 13 (1.0) |
| Psychiatry | 82 (6.1) | 8 (0.6) | 90 (6.7) |
| Radiology | 52 (3.8) | 1 (0.07) | 53 (3.9) |
| Surgery | 56 (4.1) | 6 (0.4) | 62 (4.6) |
| General surgery subspecialty | 67 (5.0) | 4 (0.3) | 71 (5.2) |
| Other | 73 (5.4) | 8 (0.6) | 81 (6.0) |
a
Small private practices include self-employed solo practices (n = 97) and full or part owners of a 2-physician practice (n = 17).
b
Missing or other practice type includes no classification (n = 200), medical school (n = 14), other patient care (n = 10), health maintenance organization (n = 4), and locum tenens (n = 3).