Table 2 Frequency of answers to the question "Have you ever thought about suicide?" in the years 1994, 1998 and 2002
Level of suicidality | Category of the answer | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Non suicidal | 'Have never thought about that' | 3269 | 60.4 | 2660 | 59.3 | 3722 | 67.5 | 9651 | 62.6 |
Low level of suicidality | 'Sometimes have had such thoughts' | 1706 | 31.5 | 1387 | 30.9 | 1332 | 24.1 | 4425 | 28.7 |
High level of suicidality | 'Have frequently thought about suicide' | 224 | 4.2 | 203 | 4.5 | 218 | 4.0 | 645 | 4.2 |
'I have thought about suicide seriously, even made plans how to carry it out' | 164 | 3.0 | 154 | 3.5 | 150 | 2.7 | 468 | 3.0 | |
'Tried to commit suicide' | 50 | 0.9 | 79 | 1.8 | 96 | 1.7 | 225 | 1.5 | |
Total | 5413 | 100.0 | 4483 | 100.0 | 5518 | 100.0 | 15414 | 100.0 | |