Risk factors observed in health care system 6 months prior completed suicide

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Table 1. Distribution of age, gender and number of contacts among young and older cases and controls

	Age Median (IQR) (Min-max)	Number of contacts Median (IQR) (Min-max)	p value Cases vs. Controls
Young age (below 35 years), men	22 (7.0) (15–34)	1.0 (3.0) (0–20)
Cases (N = 65)		2.0 (3.0) (0–20)	0.796
Controls (N = 65)		1.0 (2.0) (0–11)
Young age (below 35 years), women	20 (4.0) (15–33)	4.5 (8.0) (0–39)
Cases (N = 30)		4.5 (7.0) (0–22)	>0.999
Controls (N = 30)		5.0 (10.3) (0–39)
Older age (35 years or above), men	47 (11.5) (35–65)	2.0 (5.0) (0–61)
Cases (N = 50)		2.0 (5.5) (0–61)	0.219
Controls (N = 50)		2.0 (5.0) (0–21)
Older age (35 years or above), women,	48(9.0) (35–72)	9.0 (13.3) (0–53)
Cases (N = 15)		10.0 (23.0) (0–53)	0.605
Controls (N = 15)		7.0 (9.0) (0–24)

Table 2. Risk factors among young and older cases and controls

	Less than 35 years old (N = 95 + 95)			At or above 35 years old (N = 65 + 65)			Total (N = 16 + 160)
Risk factors	Cases % (n)	Controls % (n)	p value	Cases % (n)	Controls % (n)	p value	Cases % (n)	Controls % (n)	p value	Relative Risk (95% C.I.) ODDS Ratio (95% C.I.)
Suicide ideation	11.6 (11)	0 (1)	0.005	14.1 (9)	0 (0)	0.003	12.6 (20)	0.5 (1)	<0.001	2.0 (1.7–2.4) 22.7 (3.0–171.4)
Suicide attempt	7.4 (7)	0 (0)	0.014	9.4 (6)	0 (0)	0.013	8.1 (13)	0 (0)	<0.001	2,1 (1.9–2.4) 29.4 (1,7–498,6)
Incident of alcohol intoxication	18.8 (18)	5.3 (5)	0.007	15.5 (10)	9.4 (6)	0.298	17.5 (28)	6.9 (11)	0.004	1.5 (1.2–1.9) 2.9 (1.4–6.0)
Incident of violence	15.8 (15)	3.2 (3)	0.005	6.3 (4)	3.0 (2)	0.440	11.8 (19)	3.0 (5)	0.003	1.7 (1.3–2.1) 4.2 (1.5–11.5)
Psychiatric disease	8.3 (8)	2.0 (2)	0.1	26.6 (17)	1.4 (1)	<0.001	15.5 (25)	1.9 (3)	<0.001	1.9 (1.6–2.3) 9.7 (2.9–32.8)
Suicide ideation and/or attempt	13.7 (13)	1.1 (1)	0.001	16.8 (11)	0 (0)	0.001	15.0 (24)	0.6 (1)	<0.001	2.1 (1.8–2.4) 28.1 (3.8–210.1)
Suicide ideation and/or attempt and/or Psychiatric disease	18.8 (18)	2.0 (2)	<0.004	26.2 (17)	0 (0)	<0.001	21.2 (35)	1.2 (2)	<0.001	2.1 (1.8–2.5) 22.1 (5.7–93.8)
Any risk factor*	36.7 (35)	9.5 (9)	<0.001	35.2 (23)	10.8 (7)	0.002	36.3 (58)	10.0 (16)	<0.001	1.9 (1.6–2.3) 5.0 (2.8–9.4)