Table 2.

Detailed characteristics of intimate partner violence (IPV)-related single suicides (n = 439), North Carolina, 2010–2017.

	All (n = 439)		Males (n = 357)		Females (n = 82)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Decedent role
IPV perpetrator	361	82.2%	319	89.4%	42	51.2%
IPV victim	34	7.7%	12	3.4%	22	26.8%
Both IPV victim and perpetrator	5	1.1%	4	1.1%	1	1.2%
Unknown	39	8.9%	22	6.2%	17	20.7%
Type of IPV recorded
Physical violence	213	48.5%	167	46.8%	46	56.1%
Emotional abuse	98	22.3%	83	23.3%	15	18.3%
Suicide threats	92	21.0%	79	22.1%	13	15.9%
Threats to harm/kill	72	16.4%	64	17.9%	8	9.8%
Trespassing	13	3.0%	13	3.6%	0	0%
Sexual assault/rape	5	1.1%	5	1.4%	0	0%
Stalking	5	1.1%	3	0.8%	2	2.4%
Other	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	1	1.2%
Unknown	72	16.4%	59	16.5%	13	15.9%
Multiple types reported	115	26.2%	100	28.0%	15	18.3%
Recent IPV event(∼2 weeks)	323	73.6%	272	76.2%	51	62.2%