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Table 2 Proportion consulting health care the one-month preceding suicide, % (n)

From: Health care utilization among individuals who die by suicide as compared to the general population: a population-based register study in Sweden

 

Any health care

Psychiatric care

Primary care

Yes

No

p-value c

Yes

No

p-value

Yes

No

p-value

Total

53 (877)

47 (776)

 

24 (390)

76.4 (1266)

 

25.8 (427)

74.2 (1226)

 

Age

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

15–24

38 (54)

63 (90)

 

23 (33)

77 (111)

 

10 (14)

90 (130)

 

25–39

51 (142)

49 (135)

 

34 (95)

66 (182)

 

17 (47)

83 (230)

 

40–54

48 (200)

52 (220)

 

26 (107)

75 (313)

 

21 (87)

79 (333)

 

55–69

55 (238)

45 (194)

 

24 (105)

76 (327)

 

28 (119)

72 (313)

 

 ≤ 70

64 (243)

36 (137)

 

13 (50)

87 (330)

 

42 (160)

58 (220)

 

Gender

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

  

0.083

Male

49 (563)

51 (580)

 

20 (232)

80 (911)

 

25 (281)

75 (862)

 

Female

62 (314)

38 (196)

 

31 (158)

69 (352)

 

29 (146)

71 (364)

 

Psychiatric diagnosis a

     

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

Yes

N/A

N/A

 

77 (358)

23 (105)

 

40 (187)

60 (276)

 

No

N/A

N/A

 

3 (32)

97 (1158)

 

20 (240)

80 (950)

 

Pain diagnosis b

     

0.8616

  

 < 0.001

Yes

N/A

N/A

 

24 (20)

76 (62)

 

73 (60)

27 (22)

 

No

N/A

N/A

 

24 (370)

76 (1201)

 

23 (367)

77 (1204)

 
  1. a At least one recorded ICD-10 diagnosis within the F chapter (Mental and behavioral disorders) the month prior to suicide
  2. b At least one recorded ICD-10 diagnosis of ‘R10’, ‘G43’, ‘G44’, ‘R51’, ‘M54’, ‘M25.5’, ‘M79.1’, ‘M79.6’ ‘R52- ‘, ‘R52.9’, ‘M79.7’, ‘R52.1’, ‘R52.2’ or ‘F45.4’ including all subcategories the month prior to suicide
  3. c Chi-square test
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