Table 3.
Prevalence of suicidality by cigarette-use pattern among Korean adolescents, South Korea, 2019 (N=57303)
| Variable | Suicidal ideation n (%) | p* | Suicide plan n (%) | p* | Suicide attempt n (%) | p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
| Conventional cigarette | |||||||||
| Lifetime use | |||||||||
| No | 44234 (88.1) | 5993 (11.9) | <0.001 | 48504 (96.6) | 1723 (3.4) | <0.001 | 49004 (97.6) | 1223 (2.4) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 5571 (78.7) | 1505 (21.3) | 6493 (91.8) | 583 (8.2) | 6568 (92.8) | 508 (7.2) | |||
| Current use | |||||||||
| No | 2765 (81.7) | 618 (18.3) | <0.001 | 3172 (93.8) | 211 (6.2) | <0.001 | 3226 (95.4) | 157 (4.6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 2806 (76.0) | 887 (24.0) | 3321 (89.9) | 372 (10.1) | 3342 (90.5) | 351 (9.5) | |||
| E-cigarette | |||||||||
| Lifetime use | |||||||||
| No | 44604 (87.5) | 6664 (12.5) | <0.001 | 51331 (96.4) | 1937 (3.6) | <0.001 | 51862 (97.4) | 1406 (2.6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 3201 (79.3) | 834 (20.7) | 3666 (90.9) | 369 (9.1) | 3710 (91.9) | 325 (8.1) | |||
| Current use | |||||||||
| No | 1942 (83.8) | 375 (16.2) | <0.001 | 2170 (93.7) | 147 (6.3) | <0.001 | 2205 (95.2) | 112 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1259 (73.3) | 459 (26.7) | 1496 (87.1) | 222 (12.9) | 1505 (87.6) | 213 (12.4) | |||
| HTP | |||||||||
| Lifetime use | |||||||||
| No | 44753 (87.4) | 6877 (12.6) | <0.001 | 52625 (96.3) | 2005 (3.7) | <0.001 | 53175 (97.3) | 1455 (2.7) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 2052 (76.8) | 621 (23.2) | 2372 (88.7) | 301 (11.3) | 2397 (89.7) | 276 (10.3) | |||
| Current use | |||||||||
| No | 1030 (80.7) | 247 (19.3) | <0.001 | 1170 (91.6) | 107 (8.4) | <0.001 | 1193 (93.4) | 84 (6.6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1022 (73.2) | 374 (26.8) | 1201 (86.1) | 194 (13.9) | 2397 (89.7) | 192 (13.8) | |||
| SHS | |||||||||
| Home | |||||||||
| No | 34432 (88.6) | 4426 (11.4) | <0.001 | 37566 (96.7) | 1292 (3.3) | <0.001 | 37927 (97.6) | 931 (2.4) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 15373 (83.3) | 3072 (16.7) | 17431 (94.5) | 1014 (5.5) | 17645 (95.7) | 800 (4.3) | |||
| School | |||||||||
| No | 39890 (88.1) | 5380 (11.9) | <0.001 | 43717 (96.6) | 1553 (3.4) | <0.001 | 44130 (97.5) | 1140 (2.5) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 9915 (85.4) | 2118 (17.6) | 11280 (93.7) | 753 (6.3) | 11441 (95.1) | 591 (4.9) | |||
| Public places | |||||||||
| No | 24865 (89.9) | 2790 (10.1) | <0.001 | 26788 (96.9) | 867 (3.1) | <0.001 | 27064 (97.9) | 591 (2.1) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 24940 (84.1) | 4708 (15.9) | 28209 (95.1) | 1439 (4.9) | 28508 (96.2) | 1140 (3.8) | |||
*
p<0.001 indicates significant differences between the user and non-user groups in the results of the chi-squared tests.