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Table 1 Comparison of Characteristics of Suicide Attempters by the Level of Suicidal Risk

From: Association between level of suicide risk, characteristics of suicide attempts, and mental disorders among suicide attempters

Variables

High-risk attempters

(N = 36)

Moderate-risk attempters

(N = 126)

Low-risk attempters

(N = 30)

Statistics

F

p

Post-hoc

Age

44.73 (15.31)

43.21 (15.77)

36.95 (13.73)

2.47

.087

 

Education (years)

10.79 (3.96)

11.55 (4.10)

13.01 (3.00)

2.72

.068

 

Age of first suicide attempt

32.92 (14.01)

27.45 (13.78)

26.16 (12.69)

2.59

.078

 

No. of attempts

3.79 (5.25)

2.06 (1.90)

1.64 (1.04)

6.52

.002

High>Moderate>Low

 

%

%

%

X2

p

Post-hoc

Gender, female

75.0

57.9

67.7

3.89

.143

 

Divorced/separated/widowed

19.4

25.4

20.0

0.79

.675

 

Family income, ≤1000$

62.7

57.9

52.9

0.87

.647

 

Employment, employed

28.6

50.8

43.3

5.52

.063

 

% of single attempt

36.1

56.0

63.3

5.85

.053

 

% of family history of suicide attempt

20.0

15.4

13.3

0.60

.739

 

% of family history of suicide

11.1

13.7

3.4

2.42

.298

 

Precipitants

 Aggravation of depression/anxiety

36.1

25.4

25.8

1.66

.435

 

 Conflict with family/friends/peers

52.8

47.6

51.6

0.38

.826

 

 Economic problems

14.3

24.6

10.0

4.17

.124

 

 Medical illness

8.3

3.2

3.3

1.93

.381

 

 Other (i.e., abuse, violence, legal problem, celebrity suicide)

13.9

9.4

10.0

0.60

.741

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