Table 1.
Characteristics of hotline total and suicide-related chats before and during COVID-109 pandemic.
| All chats | Non suicide-related chats | Suicide-related chats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Total number (% of total chats) | 4559 | 6756 | 3742 (82%) | 5649 (84%) | 817 (18%) | 1107 (16%) |
| % of 2019 | 148% | 151% | 135% | |||
| χ2 = 4.45, p = .033 | ||||||
| Chats by gendera | ||||||
| Female | 2986 (65%) | 4655 (69%) | 2479 (66%) | 3844 (68%) | 507 (62%) | 810 (73%) |
| Male | 1573 (35%) | 2101 (31%) | 1263 (34%) | 1805 (32%) | 310 (38%) | 295 (27%) |
| χ2 = 14.39, p = .00014 | χ2 = 3.31, p = .07 | χ2 = 27.35, p < .0001 | ||||
| Chats by age groupa | ||||||
| 10–17 yrs. | 1235 (27%) | 1598 (24%) | 989 (26%) | 1348 (24%) | 246 (30%) | 250 (23%) |
| 18–30 yrs. | 2484 (54%) | 3388 (50%) | 2080 (56%) | 2802 (50%) | 404 (49%) | 586 (53%) |
| 31–50 yrs. | 816 (18%) | 1493 (22%) | 651 (17%) | 1293 (23%) | 165 (20%) | 200 (18%) |
| 51+ yrs. | 23 (0.5%) | 277 (4%) | 21 (0.5%) | 207 (4%) | 2 (0.2%) | 70 (6%) |
| χ2 = 178.98, p < .0001 | χ2 = 143.56, p < .0001 | χ2 = 58.97, p < .0001 | ||||
a
Number of participants (percentage from chats in that year).