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Table 2 Types of suicide intent and their association with gender, countries and age

From: A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent

  

Gender

Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) [%](SR)

Para-suicidal Pause (SP) [%](SR)

Para-suicidal Gesture (SG) [%](SR)

Serious Suicide Attempt (SSA) [%](SR)

p value

Total

Gender (n = 5212)

 

Male

260 [12.3%]

281 [13.3%]*

367 [17.4%]***

1206 [57%]***

< .001a

2114

 

Female

402 [13%]

484 [15.6%]

705 [22.8%]

1507 [48.6%]

 

3098

Country

Germany (n = 1306)

Male

16 [2.9%]

56 [10.2%]

112 [20.4%]

366 [66.5%]

= .37a

550

Female

23 [3%]

97 [12.8%]

165 [21.8%]

471 [62.3%]

 

756

Hungary (n = 1004)

Male

78 [18.1%]***

146 [33.8%]**

19 [4.4%]

189 [43.8%]

= .002a

432

Female

61 [10.7%]***

241 [42.1%]**

20 [3.5%]

250 [43.7%]

 

572

Ireland (n = 1537)

Male

57 [7.9%]

57 [7.9%]

166 [22.9%]**

446 [61.4%]**

= .007a

726

Female

73 [9%]

62 [7.6%]

243 [30%]**

433 [53.4%]**

 

811

Portugal (n = 1365)

Male

109 [26.8%]

22 [5.4%]*

70 [17.2%]***

205 [50.5%]***

< .001a

406

Female

245 [25.5%]

84 [8.8%]*

277 [28.9%]***

353 [36.8%]***

 

959

Age Group

<30 years (n = 1810)

Male

81 [11.1%]

92 [12.6%]

161 [22.1%]*

394 [54.1%]***

= .005a

728

Female

149 [13.8%]

156 [14.4%]

284 [26.2%]*

493 [45.6%]***

 

1082

30–45 years (n = 1695)

Male

95 [13.2%]+

103 [14.3%]*

113 [15.7%]**

410 [56.9%]***

<.001a

721

Female

160 [16.4%]+

177 [18.2%]*

208 [21.4%]**

429 [44%]***

 

974

>45 years (n = 1707)

Male

84 [12.6%]*

86 [12.9%]

93 [14%]**

402 [60.5%]

<.001a

665

Female

93 [8.9%]*

151 [14.5%]

213 [20.4%]**

585 [56.1%]

 

1042

  1. Included cases refer to persons with valid gender data who had not changed their gender
  2. M arithmetic means, n sample size, p significance level, SD standard deviation, sr standardized residual
  3. + p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (refers to the p values of the cross-tables)
  4. aAccording to the results of a X2-test