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. 2021 May 20;16(5):e0251938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251938

Table 5. Evidence of mental ill health (MH), evidence of suicidal behaviours (SB) and their co-occurrence, by sex and ICD-10 code mechanism of cause of death in coastal environments X2 (p value), Australia, 2005–2019.

Variable Categories Total (N = 666) Sex ICD-10 Code
Male (n = 473) Female (n = 193) Test statistic (P-value) X80 (n = 289) X71 (n = 204) Other (n = 173) Test statistic (P-value)
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Evidence of Mental ill health Yes 409 61.4 275 67.2 134 32.8 χ2 = 11.122 (p = 0.004) 182 44.5 122 29.8 105 25.7 χ2 = 0.798 p = 0.939
None 66 9.9 57 86.4 9 13.6 28 42.4 22 33.3 16 24.2
Unknown 191 28.6 141 73.8 50 26.2 79 41.4 60 31.4 52 27.2
Evidence of suicidal behaviours Yes 249 37.4 161 64.7 88 35.3 χ2 = 8.967 (p = 0.011) 102 41.0 86 34.5 61 24.5 χ2 = 3.068 p = 0.546
None 96 14.4 76 79.2 20 20.8 45 46.9 26 27.1 25 26.0
Unknown 321 48.1 236 73.5 85 26.5 142 44.2 92 28.7 87 27.1
Co-occurrence MH only 43 6.5 32 74.7 11 25.6 χ2 = 14.395 (p = 0.002) 23 53.5 8 18.6 12 27.9 χ2 = 5.199 (p = 0.519)
SB only 11 1.7 11 100.0 0 0 5 45.5 3 27.3 3 27.3
MH + SB 225 33.8 140 62.2 85 37.8 91 40.4 80 35.6 54 24.0
Neither 53 8.0 45 84.9 8 15.1 21 39.6 19 35.8 13 24.5
Unknown* 334 50.2 245 73.4 89 26.6 * 149 44.2 95 28.2 93 27.6 *

Note: After Bonferroni adjustment, significance was deemed at p = 0.0125. Bold type indicates significance.