Table 3.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of suicide decedents aged 45–64 by job/financial/housing problem (JFH) status.
| N (%) | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No JFH 20,007 (78.0) |
Yes JFH 5633 (22.0) |
p | No JFH 7270 (84.9) |
Yes JFH 1298 (15.1) |
p | |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | <.001 | .460 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 85.7 | 89.4 | 86.5 | 87.7 | ||
| Black/African American | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Hispanic | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | ||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| Other | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| Education (%) | <.001 | .005 | ||||
| =< High school | 55.3 | 48.0 | 43.9 | 39.6 | ||
| Some college/associate degree | 21.9 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 28.2 | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 20.0 | 26.2 | 25.6 | 29.9 | ||
| Unknown | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| Marital status (%) | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Married | 38.0 | 39.7 | 39.4 | 31.8 | ||
| Divorced/separated | 34.9 | 35.3 | 37.5 | 44.0 | ||
| Widowed | 3.4 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| Never married | 22.2 | 21.3 | 15.1 | 17.3 | ||
| Missing | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||
| Military service (%) | 16.2 | 14.8 | .010 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .637 |
| Region of residence | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Northeast | 19.0 | 17.6 | 18.8 | 16.1 | ||
| Midwest | 27.9 | 30.5 | 25.7 | 26.9 | ||
| South | 27.5 | 22.6 | 29.1 | 24.2 | ||
| West | 24.2 | 28.5 | 25.6 | 32.6 | ||
| Puerto Rico & territories | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||
| Other suicide precipitating factors (%) | ||||||
| Physical health problem | 19.7 | 22.1 | <.001 | 21.8 | 24.0 | .088 |
| Relationship problem | 28.6 | 38.2 | <.001 | 26.2 | 39.1 | <.001 |
| Criminal or civil legal problem | 10.5 | 15.1 | <.001 | 4.4 | 11.1 | <.001 |
| Suicide/death of family/friend or traumatic anniversary | 7.3 | 10.0 | <.001 | 10.3 | 12.7 | .011 |
| Depressed mood at the time of injury (%) | 26.6 | 50.0 | <.001 | 29.7 | 49.4 | <.001 |
| Any recent mental health disorder (%) | 41.0 | 46.3 | <.001 | 62.6 | 66.9 | .003 |
| Types of disorder (among all decedents) (%) | ||||||
| Depressive disorder/dysthymia | 30.6 | 38.2 | <.001 | 48.5 | 55.5 | <.001 |
| Bipolar disorder | 5.5 | 5.3 | .485 | 12.6 | 10.3 | .017 |
| Anxiety disorder | 7.9 | 10.9 | <.001 | 15.2 | 19.0 | <.001 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 2.0 | 1.4 | .002 | 2.4 | 2.7 | .593 |
| Schizophrenia | 2.6 | 1.2 | <.001 | 3.4 | 1.6 | .001 |
| Alcohol problem/addiction (%) | 21.1 | 28.3 | <.001 | 16.7 | 22.3 | <.001 |
| Other substance use problem (%) | 13.1 | 13.5 | .436 | 15.4 | 16.3 | .405 |
| Number of crises, M (SD) | 0.27 (0.56) | 0.65 (0.92) | <.001 | 0.22 (0.50) | 0.62 (0.90) | <.001 |
| History of suicide attempt (%) | 14.4 | 14.5 | .798 | 30.7 | 30.0 | .624 |
| Disclosed suicidal intent within last month (%) | 19.4 | 22.5 | <.001 | 19.2 | 24.4 | <.001 |
| Suicide means | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Firearms | 52.4 | 52.9 | 30.5 | 33.4 | ||
| Hanging/suffocation | 26.6 | 29.9 | 22.1 | 25.6 | ||
| Poisoning | 12.0 | 10.7 | 37.7 | 33.3 | ||
| Other | 9.0 | 6.5 | 9.7 | 7.7 | ||
Note: P-values are calculated based on Pearson's χ2 tests for all categorical variables and t-tests for the number of crises (t = −37.78 for male and t = −23.14 for female).