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. 2022 May 25;52(5):887–897. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12874

TABLE 2.

Self‐reported adverse social and health‐related events and suicidal behavior following the death by suicide

Event

All

n = 7158

n (%)

Male

n = 1519

n (%)

Female

n = 5627

n (%)

p‐Value
Any social life events 2817 (39) 480 (32) 2328 (41) <0.001
Family problems a 1671 (23) 271 (18) 1395 (25) <0.001
Relationship problems a 1306 (18) 283 (19) 1019 (18) 0.640
Financial problems 905 (13) 129 (8) 772 (14) <0.001
Moved home 862 (12) 136 (9) 721 (13) <0.001
Unemployment/job loss 558 (8) 96 (6) 458 (8) 0.019
Divorce/break‐up 458 (6) 99 (7) 357 (6) 0.807
Homelessness 161 (2) 29 (2) 128 (2) 0.388
Gambling a 60 (1) 36 (2) 24 (<1) <0.001
Any health events 3482 (49) 636 (42) 2835 (50) <0.001
Mental health problems 2629 (37) 484 (32) 2135 (38) <0.001
Poor physical health a 1550 (22) 237 (16) 1309 (23) <0.001
Alcohol use a 1285 (18) 316 (21) 964 (17) 0.001
Use of prescription drugs 1041 (15) 144 (9) 892 (16) <0.001
Self‐harm 543 (8) 81 (5) 455 (8) <0.001
Illicit drug misuse a 378 (5) 138 (9) 239 (4) <0.001
Hospitalization for mental health problems 203 (3) 39 (3) 161 (3) 0.538
Suicidal behavior
Suicidal ideation 1911/5056 (38) 350/979 (36) 1551/4066 (38) 0.303
Suicide attempt 382/4818 (8) 82/953 (9) 294/3854 (8) 0.456
a

Experienced for longer than 3 months.