Rates Of Suicide And Non-Fatal Suicide Attempts Among Persons Undergoing Organ Transplantation In Denmark From 1995 Through 2015

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Table 1 Characteristics Of The Transplantation And Comparison Cohorts, Denmark, 1995–2015

	Analysis Of Suicide Death		Analysis Of Suicide Attempt
	Transplant Cohort (n=380)	Comparison Cohort (n=3800)	Transplant Cohort (n=374)	Comparison Cohort (n=3740)
Sex
Male	232 (61%)	2320 (61%)	224 (60%)	2240 (60%)
Female	148 (39%)	1480 (39%)	150 (40%)	1500 (40%)
Age (M, SD; years)	46 (15)	46 (15)	46 (16)	46 (16)
Depression diagnoses	7 (1.8%)	55 (1.4%)	8 (2.1%)	66 (1.8%)
Anxiety diagnosis	13 (3.4%)	75 (2.0%)	11 (2.9%)	73 (2.0%)
Substance abuse diagnoses	17 (4.5%)	99 (2.6%)	17 (4.5%)	96 (2.6%)
CCI score ≤1	339 (89%)	430 (11%)	334 (89%)	431 (12%)
Follow-up time (M, SD)	9.2 (8.1)	12 (8.5)	9.3 (8.1)	12 (8.6)

Notes: Sizes of the examined cohorts differ by outcome due to the exclusion of persons with prior suicide attempts from the suicide attempt analyses. Cells with a sample size under 5 are not shown.

Table 2 Rates And Associations Between Organ Transplants And Non-Fatal Suicide Attempt And Suicide Death, Denmark, 1995–2015

	Suicide Death	Suicide Attempts
Received transplant	5.6/1000PY^a	4.6/1000PY
No transplant	2.8/1000PY	3.6/1000PY
Rate difference (95% CI)	2.9/1000PY (0.3/1000PY, 5.4/1000PY)	1.0/1000PY (−1.3/1000PY, 3.3/1000PY)
Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)^b	1.8 (0.9, 3.6)	1.1 (0.50, 2.3)

Notes: ^aPY=person-years; ^bAdjusted for sex, year of birth, depression, anxiety, substance abuse diagnoses and Charlson Comorbidity Index score prior to transplantation.