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Table 3 Characteristics of cluster and non-cluster cases

From: Spatial suicide clusters in Australia between 2010 and 2012: a comparison of cluster and non-cluster among young people and adults

 

Youth suicide

n (%)

Adult suicide

n (%)

 

Cluster case

Non-cluster case

p-value

Cluster case

Non-cluster case

p-value

Number

53

887

 

137

5802

 

Sex

  

0.235

  

0.130

 Female

12 (22.6)

269 (30.3)

 

39 (28.5)

1332 (23.0)

 

 Male

41 (77.4)

618 (69.7)

 

98 (71.5)

4470 (77.0)

 

Suicide method

  

0.478a

  

<0.001

 Poisoning

1 (1.9)

33 (3.7)

 

19 (13.9)

865 (14.9)

 

 Motor vehicle exhaust

2 (3.8)

39 (4.4)

 

5 (3.7)

505 (8.7)

 

 Hanging

46 (86.8)

629 (70.9)

 

69 (50.4)

2956 (51.0)

 

 Drowning

0

6 (0.7)

 

3 (2.2)

110 (1.9)

 

 Firearms

1 (1.9)

19 (2.1)

 

4 (2.9)

422 (7.3)

 

 Cutting/piercing

0

7 (0.8)

 

4 (2.9)

170 (2.9)

 

 Jumping

0

51 (5.8)

 

17 (12.4)

244 (4.2)

 

 Other

2 (3.8)

71 (8.0)

 

4 (2.9)

305 (5.3)

 

 Unknown

1 (1.9)

32 (3.6)

 

12 (8.8)

255 (3.9)

 

Marital status

  

0.246a

  

0.374

 Never married

39 (73.6)

669 (75.4)

 

23 (16.8)

1087 (18.7)

 

 Widowed/divorced/separated

0

24 (2.7)

 

48 (35.0)

1764 (30.4)

 

 Married (including de facto)

10 (18.9)

102 (11.5)

 

42 (30.7)

2258 (38.9)

 

 Unknown

4 (7.5)

92 (10.4)

 

24 (17.5)

693 (11.9)

 

Employment status

  

0.094

  

0.012

 Employed

18 (34.0)

292 (32.9)

 

50 (36.5)

2344 (40.4)

 

 Unemployed

20 (37.7)

216 (24.4)

 

45 (32.9)

1248 (21.5)

 

 Not in the labour force

11 (20.8)

280 (31.6)

 

32 (23.4)

1558 (26.9)

 

 Others (e.g., prisoner)

1 (1.9)

5 (10.6)

 

2 (1.5)

26 (0.5)

 

 Unknown

3 (5.7)

94 (10.6)

 

8 (5.8)

626 (10.8)

 

Aboriginality

  

<0.001

  

<0.001a

 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander descent

31 (58.5)

116 (13.1)

 

15 (11.0)

195 (3.4)

 

 Non-aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander descent

21 (39.6)

676 (76.2)

 

105 (76.6)

4911 (84.6)

 

 Unknown

1 (1.9)

95 (10.7)

 

17 (12.4)

696 (12.0)

 
  1. aFisher’s exact test