TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of study sample^a

Characteristic	Study Participants				P
	Individuals who died by suicide (N=387)		Individuals in the control group (N=1,935)
	N	%	N	%
Age (M±SD)	57.18±19.90		55.99±19.80		-
Gender					-
Female	111	28.7	555	28.7
Male	276	71.3	1380	71.3
Race					<0.001
White	265	68.5	1281	66.2
Non-White	46	11.9	410	21.2
Unknown	76	19.6	244	12.6
Neighborhood Poverty Level					0.862
Higher than Low Income	284	73.4	1444	74.6
Low Income	33	8.5	162	8.4
Missing	70	18.1	329	17.0
Neighborhood Education					0.684
≥25% college grad	236	61.0	1223	63.2
<25% college grad	135	34.9	631	32.6
Missing	16	4.1	81	4.2
Co-morbid medical illness b					<0.001
Charlson score = 0	165	42.6	980	50.7
Charlson score > 0	221	57.1	833	43.1
Mental/substance use disorderc					0.004
No	298	77.0	1608	83.1
Yes	89	23.0	327	16.9
Depression diagnosis					<0.001
No	174	45.0	1661	85.8
Yes	213	55.0	274	14.2
BMI Difference (M±SD) d	−0.72±2.42		0.06±4.99		<0.001

^aMeans were compared by t tests, and proportions were compared by chi-square tests.

^bThe Charlson Index was calculated using ICD-9 codes from clinical diagnoses. Total score is categorized as a binary variable

^cICD-9: 290-319 excluding depression diagnoses (ICD-9 codes: 2962, 2963, 296.82, 2980, 3004, 301.12, 3090, 3091, 309.28, 311)

^dSubtracting BMI measured on the earliest date from the BMI measured on the latest date prior to the index date

Note: Index date refers to date of suicide death