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Table 2 Reasons for suicide attempts

From: Analysis of attempted suicide episodes presenting to the emergency department: comparison of young, middle aged and older people

Reasons

Total (N = 3698)

Older (N = 412)

Middle aged (N = 1777)

Young (N = 1509)

p

Interpersonal relationship issues

 a. Couple conflicts

1193 (32.3)

55 (13.3)

621 (34.9)

517 (34.3)

< 0.001

 b. Family conflicts

548 (14.8)

57 (13.8)

268 (15.1)

223 (14.8)

0.813

 c. Others

175 (4.7)

9 (2.2)

77 (4.3)

89 (5.9)

0.004

Social issues

 a. Job loss

87 (2.4)

8 (1.9)

33 (1.9)

46 (3.0)

0.068

 b. Financial stress

499 (13.5)

35 (8.5)

323 (18.2)

141 (9.3)

< 0.001

 c. Work stress

170 (4.6)

0 (0.0)

67 (3.8)

103 (6.8)

< 0.001

 d. Legal academic stress

42 (1.1)

3 (0.7)

27 (1.5)

12 (0.8)

0.106

Psychiatric illness

 a. Mood disorder: depressive, bipolar

356 (9.6)

39 (9.5)

156 (8.8)

161 (10.7)

0.186

 b. Adjustment disorder

3 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0.744

 c. Schizophrenia, other psychotic dis

119 (3.2)

7 (1.7)

55 (3.1)

57 (3.8)

0.098

 d. Anxiety disorder

16 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

9 (0.5)

6 (0.4)

0.736

 e. Panic disorder

14 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

5 (0.3)

9 (0.6)

0.142

 f. Substance-related

83 (2.2)

10 (2.4)

54 (3.0)

19 (1.3)

0.003

 g. Personality disorder

31 (0.8)

1 (0.2)

6 (0.3)

24 (1.6)

< 0.001

Physical illness

 a. Oneself

275 (7.4)

149 (36.2)

107 (6.0)

19 (1.3)

< 0.001

 b. Others

68 (1.8)

22 (5.3)

34 (1.9)

12 (0.8)

< 0.001

Death of acquaintance

 a. Spouse

28 (0.8)

17 (4.1)

9 (0.5)

2 (0.1)

< 0.001

 b. Family

54 (1.5)

4 (1.0)

23 (1.3)

27 (1.8)

0.339

 c. Others

18 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

8 (0.5)

10 (0.7)

0.220

  1. Parentheses indicate percentage