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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of suicidal patients by gender, and by facility type (N = 81)

From: Suicidal patients presenting to secondary and tertiary emergency departments and referral to a psychiatrist: a population-based descriptive study from Japan

 

Overall (N = 81)

Male (n = 36)

Female (n = 45)

P-value a

Secondary EDs (n = 36)

Tertiary EDs (n = 45)

P-value a

Gender, n (%)

      

NS

 Male

36 (44)

   

18 (50)

18 (40)

 

 Female

45 (56)

   

18 (50)

27 (60)

 

Age, years, n (%)

   

0.003

  

NS

 15–29

22 (27)

3 (8)

19 (42)

 

12 (33)

10 (22)

 

 30–49

26 (32)

12 (33)

14 (31)

 

10 (28)

16 (36)

 

 50–69

17 (21)

10 (28)

7 (16)

 

8 (22)

9 (20)

 

 70+

16 (20)

11 (31)

5 (11)

 

6 (17)

10 (22)

 

Occupational status, b n (%)

   

NS

  

NS

 Unemployed

38 (67)

19 (68)

19 (66)

 

15 (68)

23 (66)

 

 In Occupation

19 (33)

9 (32)

10 (34)

 

7 (32)

12 (34)

 

Residential status, b n (%)

   

NS

  

NS

 Living with family

69 (90)

32 (94)

37 (86)

 

28 (88)

41 (91)

 

 Living alone

8 (10)

2 (6)

6 (14)

 

4 (13)

4 (9)

 

History of previous suicide attempt, b n (%)

  

0.02

  

0.12

 Yes

20 (35)

5 (19)

15 (48)

 

6 (24)

14 (43)

 

 No

37 (65)

21 (81)

16 (52)

 

19 (76)

18 (56)

 

History of psychiatric disorder, b n (%)

   

0.06

  

NS

 One or more psychiatric disorders

48 (71)

17 (59)

31 (79)

 

20 (77)

28 (67)

 

 None

20 (29)

12 (41)

8 (21)

 

6 (23)

14 (33)

 
  1. Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding
  2. Abbreviation: ED emergency department, NS not significant
  3. aChi-Square Tests or Fisher’s Exact Tests bAnalyzed excluding unknown status: Occupational status (unknown n = 24), Residential status (unknown n = 5), History of previous suicide attempt (unknown n = 24), and History of psychiatric disorder (unknown n = 13), respectively