Table 2.

Prevalence of suicidal feelings and thoughts among veterinarians in Norway according to gender

	All	Men	Women	Total N for each item	χ2 and p- value
1. Felt life was not worth living	682 (26.6%)	148 (19.3%)	522 (29.7%)	2567	29.4, <0.001
2. Wished you were dead	498 (19.4%)	96 (12.5%)	394 (22.5%)	2565	33.6, <0.001
3. Thoughts of taking life	503 (19.6%)	102 (13.3%)	391 (22.3%)	2565	26.9, <0.001
4. Seriously considered taking your life	139 (5.4%)	28 (3.6%)	108 (6.2%)	2562	6.5, 0.011
5. Made a suicide attempt	6 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	2537	NA

Not all veterinarians reported gender (n=2554). This leads to a difference in total sum for men+women compared with ‘all.’

NA, not available.