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. 2022 Jul 11;17(7):e0271341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271341

Table 2. Number of hospital admissions, suicides, SMRs and patient demographics for death by suicide within one year of hospital discharge (conditions with > = 5 suicides) Victoria, 2011 to 2016.

Conditions (3-digit ICD-10 level) No. of admissions1 No. of suicides at one year SMR (95% CI) Mean (and median) age at suicide % female
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    A09 Other gastroenteritis and colitis of infectious and unspecified origin 36313 6 1.5 (0.6–3.1) 64.0 (53.5) #
        A099 Gastroenteritis and colitis of unspecified origin 30992 6
Intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes mellitus (E09–E14)
    E11 Type 2 diabetes mellitus 11583 5 2.9 (1.1–6.5) 48.2 (43.0) #
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
    F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol 11979 27 15.5 (10.4–22.3) 45.9 (44.0) 40.7
        F100 Acute intoxication 7947 14
        F101 Harmful use 658 5
    F12 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids 1221 6 33.3 (13.5–69.3) 29.3 (31.5) #
        F125 Psychotic disorder 654 5
    F15 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of other stimulants, including caffeine 2664 12 30.0 (16.3–51.0) 31.8 (29.5) #
        F155 Psychotic disorder 1438 5
    F20 Schizophrenia 10169 37 22.2 (15.8–30.2) 38.2 (39.0) 5.4
        F200 Paranoid schizophrenia 2830 9
        F209 Schizophrenia, unspecified 6371 28
    F23 Acute and transient psychotic disorders 1543 12 57.1 (31.0–97.2) 32.2 (29.0) #
        F239 Unspecified 1203 11
    F25 Schizoaffective disorders 3530 16 32.0 (18.9–50.9) 38.9 (33.5) 37.5
        F259 Unspecified 2465 12
    F29 Unspecified nonorganic psychosis 2720 14 37.8 (21.5–62.0) 38.9 (39.0) 57.1
    F31 Bipolar affective disorder 4775 12 19.4 (10.5–32.9) 43.1 (44.5) #
         F319 Unspecified 5
    $F32 Depressive episode 9380 86 72.9 (58.7–89.6) 41.8 (43.5) 36.0
        F322 Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms 2389 30
        F323 Severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms 959 6
        F329 Depressive episode, unspecified 5336 49
    F41 Other anxiety disorders 5453 20 33.3 (20.9–50.6) 45.4 (46.5) 60.0
        F412 Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder 909 8
        F419 Anxiety disorder, unspecified 3524 8
    $F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders 5865 32 41.0 (28.5–57.2) 39.8 (41.5) 28.1
        F430 Acute stress reaction 1618 7
         F432 Adjustment disorders 3244 23
    F60 Specific personality disorders 2533 17 65.4 (39.4–102.6) 36.2 (35.0) 47.1
         F603 Emotionally unstable personality disorder 2012 13
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
    I21 Acute myocardial infarction 37804 6 1.0 (0.4–2.1) 78.7 (81.0) #
         I214 Acute subendocardial myocardial infarction 5
    I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter 30853 8 2.0 (0.9–3.9) 68.0 (63.0) 0.0
    I50 Heart failure 26042 6 1.6 (0.6–3.3) 79.5 (82.5) #
        I500 Congestive heart failure 22220 5
Influenza and pneumonia (J09–J18)
    J18 Pneumonia, organism unspecified 47555 5 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 59.4 (62.0) #
         J189 Pneumonia, unspecified 44965 5
    J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 31474 7 1.7 (0.7–3.3) 73.4 (76.0) #
        J440 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection 22679 6
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
    K29 Gastritis and duodenitis 11680 7 4.9 (2.2–9.8) 52.9 (50.0) #
    K56 Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia 14921 5 2.6 (1.0–5.8) 77.2 (84.0) #
    K59 Other functional intestinal disorders 12669 5 3.1 (1.1–6.9) 77.6 (81.0) 0.0
        K590 Constipation 12257 5
    K80 Cholelithiasis 24881 5 1.7 (0.6–3.8) 47.8 (49.0) 0.0
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
    L03 Cellulitis 36685 9 1.7 (0.8–3.1) 47.3 (48.0) #
         L031 Cellulitis of other parts of limb 28752 8
Other dorsopathies (M50–M54)
    M54 Dorsalgia 29327 6 1.6 (0.7–3.4) 50.5 (49.0) #
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
    N13 Obstructive and reflux uropathy 13875 5 2.2 (0.8–4.8) 41.4 (36.0) 0.0
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC (R00-R99)
    $R07 Pain in throat and chest 126012 31 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 52.4 (51.0) 22.6
         R073 Other chest pain 24042 8
         R074 Chest pain, unspecified 100756 23
    R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain 68291 13 1.8 (1.0–3.1) 41.8 (39.0) #
        R101 Pain localised to upper abdomen 18601 6
        R104 Other and unspecified abdominal pain 29003 5
    R41 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness 4885 6 9.0 (3.6–18.6) 47.0 (47.5) #
    R45 Symptoms and signs involving emotional state 2823 16 43.2 (25.6–68.7) 41.2 (37.0) #
         R458 Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state 2489 15
    R55 Syncope and collapse 32642 6 1.4 (0.6–2.9) 61.3 (60.5) #
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
    S01 Open wound of head 17262 5 2.0 (0.7–4.3) 31.6 (28.0) 0.0
    S06 Intracranial injury 16469 13 5.5 (3.1–9.2) 38.8 (39.0) #
        S060 Concussive injury 8999 6
    S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head 7612 5 5.1 (1.9–11.3) 41.4 (41.0) #
    S22 Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine 12788 5 2.7 (1.0–5.9) 44.4 (37.0) #
    S51 Open wound of forearm 3736 6 10.3 (4.2–21.5) 40.0 (32.5) #
    S61 Open wound of wrist and hand 15170 5 2.0 (0.7–4.5) 34.0 (26.0) #
    T38 Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified 764 8 80.0 (37.2–151.9) 54.8 (55.0) #
        T383 Insulin and oral hypoglycaemic [antidiabetic] drugs 663 8
    $T39 Poisoning by nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics 5275 31 66.0 (45.6–92.5) 36.4 (30.0) 58.1
        T391 4-Aminophenol derivatives 4495 22
         T393 Other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAID] 636 7
    T40 Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens] 2529 10 27.8 (14.1–49.5) 34.4 (32.0) #
    $T42 Poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic and antiparkinsonism drugs 5737 48 71.6 (53.4–94.2) 44.3 (45.5) 33.3
         T424 Benzodiazepines 4515 39
         T426 Other antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs 662 5
    $T43 Poisoning by psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified 6244 40 58.0 (42.0–78.2) 37.4 (36.5) 50.0
         T430 Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants 504 6
        T432 Other and unspecified antidepressants 2098 8
         T435 Other and unspecified antipsychotics and neuroleptics 2147 17
         T436 Psychostimulants with potential for use disorder 1055 6
    T58 Toxic effect of carbon monoxide 274 7 140.0 (61.2–276.9) 40.1 (39.0) 0.0
Total 756007 631   43.9 (43.0) 32.8

Note: Includes conditions which led to at least five suicides within one year of discharge from hospital

# Cells < 5 suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

$ Conditions with >30 suicides

1. Subsequent admissions selected if they occurred one year after previous admission.