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Table 3 Comparison of patient socio-demographic characteristics and risk-rescue scores in cases of deliberate self-poisoning

From: Which deliberate self-poisoning patients are most likely to make high-lethality suicide attempts?

 

Risk factors

Rescue factors

Low-risk (n = 958)

High-risk (n = 156)

p

Low-rescue (n = 200)

High-rescue (n = 914)

p

Male, n (%)

176 (18.4)

77 (49.4)

<0.001

62 (31.0)

191 (20.9)

0.002

Age, years (mean ± SD)

35.48 ± 15.70

47.57 ± 19.20

<0.001

39.67 ± 19.70

36.63 ± 16.00

<0.001

Previous attempts, n (%)

223 (23.3)

25 (16.0)

0.043

49 (24.5)

199 (21.8)

0.401

Unemployed, n (%)

339 (35.4)

96 (61.5)

<0.001

102 (51.0)

333 (36.4)

<0.001

Not living with family, n (%)

206 (21.5)

29 (18.6)

0.408

43 (21.5)

192 (21.0)

0.877

Alcohol co-ingestion, n (%)

294 (30.7)

58 (37.2)

0.106

50 (25.0)

302 (33.0)

0.027

Psychiatric history, n (%)

262 (27.3)

32 (20.5)

0.072

64 (32.0)

230 (25.2)

0.047

Death prior to discharge, n (%)

1 (0.1)

28 (17.9)

<0.001

10 (5.0)

19 (2.1)

0.019