Table 1.
Demographic and clinical information of younger and older suicide attempters.
| Variable |
Younger attempters (n = 333) |
Older attempters (n = 37) |
Total (n = 370) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 37.23 ± 13.37 | 74.41 ± 6.78 | 41.00 ± 17.03 | <0.001† |
| Education, years (mean ± SD) | 11.54 ± 2.88 | 7.07 ± 5.47 | 11.12 ± 3.45 | <0.001† |
| Sex, female (n [%]) | 198 (59.5%) | 19 (51.4%) | 217 (58.6%) | 0.342 |
| Occupation (yes; n [%]) | 142 (43.7%) | 2 (5.6%) | 144 (39.9%) | <0.001‡ |
| Another medical condition (yes; n [%]) | 75 (22.9%) | 26 (70.3%) | 101 (27.7%) | <0.001‡ |
| Living with family (yes; n [%]) | 260 (79.0%) | 30 (81.1%) | 290 (79.2%) | 0.770‡ |
| Marriage status (n [%]) | <0.001‡ | |||
| Unmarried | 132 (40.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 132 (36.2%) | |
| Married | 135 (41.0%) | 20 (55.6%) | 155 (42.5%) | |
| Widowed | 38 (11.6%) | 3 (8.3%) | 41 (11.2%) | |
| Separated | 11 (3.3%) | 12 (33.3%) | 23 (6.3%) | |
| Divorced | 13 (4.0%) | 1 (2.8%) | 14 (3.8%) | |
| Religion (yes; n [%]) | 76 (25.3%) | 15 (45.5%) | 91 (27.3%) | 0.022‡ |
†
Mann-Whitney U-test;
‡
Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test.
Bold type indicates values significant at p < 0.05.