Table 1 Method of Suicide commission by baseline characteristics
From: Trends of online news media reported suicides in Ghana (1997–2019)
Method of suicide commission, n = 131(92.25) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall n = 142 | Hanging 89(67.94) | Firearms 24(18.32) | Poison 11(8.840) | Othera 7(5.34) | P-value | |
Gender | 0.279 | |||||
Male | 122(85.92) | 74(66.07) | 23(20.54) | 10(8.93) | 5(4.46) | |
Female | 20(14.08) | 15(78.95) | 1(5.26) | 1(5.26) | 2(10.53) | |
Reason | 0.005 | |||||
Marital/family/relationship problems | 32(44.44) | 15(51.72) | 11(37.93) | 3(10.34) | 0(0.00) | |
Mental/depression | 13(18.06) | 9(69.23) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 4(30.77) | |
Financial | 11(15.28) | 7(87.50) | 1(12.50) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Failed exam | 5 (6.94) | 4(80.00) | 0(0.00) | 1(20.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Other | 11(15.28) | 7(63.64) | 3(27.27) | 1(9.09) | 0(0.00) | |
Age mean(SD) | 34.81 ± 15.71 | 33.90 ± 15.96 | 42.19 ± 15.45 | 29.14 ± 14.386 | 33.8 ± 16.26 | 0.2047 |
Income bracket | 0.050 | |||||
High | 35(33.02) | 22(64.71) | 10(29.41) | 2(5.88) | 0(0.00) | |
Average | 31(29.25) | 19(65.52) | 7(24.14) | 2(6.90) | 1(3.45) | |
Low | 7(6.60) | 5(71.43) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 2(28.57) | |
Student/Unemployed | 33(31.13) | 21(65.63) | 3(9.38) | 5(15.63) | 3(9.38) | |
Region | 0.240 | |||||
Ashanti | 25(17.86) | 15(62.50) | 4(16.67) | 4(16.67) | 1(4.17) | |
Brong Ahafo | 5(3.57) | 2(40.00) | 1(20.00) | 2(40.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Central | 15(10.71) | 10(76.92) | 2(15.38) | 0(0.00) | 1(7.69) | |
Eastern | 23(16.43) | 18(78.26) | 3(13.04) | 1(4.35) | 1(4.35) | |
Greater Accra | 37(26.43) | 19(59.38) | 8(25.00) | 1(3.13) | 4(12.50) | |
Northern | 2(1.43) | 1(50.00) | 1(50.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Upper East | 6(4.29) | 2(40.00) | 2(40.00) | 1(20.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Upper West | 2(1.43) | 1(50.00) | 0(0.00) | 1(50.00) | 0(0.00) | |
Western | 14(10.00) | 9(69.23) | 3(23.08) | 1(7.69) | 0(0.00) | |
Volta | 11(7.86) | 11(100.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | |