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Table 1 Research priorities by suicide behavior

From: Trends in suicide-related research in Australia

Suicide behavior

Articlesa

Grants/fellowshipsa

1999–2006

2010–2017

2 sample prop. test

1999–2006

20102017

2 sample prop. test

#

%

#

%

z-value

p(z)

#

%

#

%

z-value

p(z)

Suicide

100.0

41.6

237.8

56.9

3.8

< 0.001

7.8

41.2

19.5

57.4

1.1

0.258

Attempted suicide

89.5

37.2

95.8

22.9

− 3.9

< 0.001

8.3

43.8

7

20.6

− 1.8

0.074

Suicidal thoughts

48.5

20.2

76.7

18.3

− 0.6

0.550

2.8

14.9

7.5

22.1

0.6

0.526

Other suicidal behavior

2.3

1

7.7

1.8

0.8

0.418

0

0

0

0

Total

240

100

418

100

  

19

100

34

100

  
  1. Test results highlighted in italics mean a significant in the variable of relevance change over time
  2. aThe number of grants/fellowships and articles may not be integer due to the weighting applied in the coding