Table 2 Difference between clustered and non-clustered adolescent suicides: demographic and clinical characteristics
From: An exploratory study on spatiotemporal clustering of suicide in Korean adolescents
Variables | Clustering | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | ||||
Sex | Male | 304 (51.91) | 36 (57.14) | 0.42 | |
Female | 281 (48.03) | 27 (42.86) | |||
School type | Elementary school | 23 (3.93) | 2 (3.17) | 1.28 | |
Middle school | 186 (31.79) | 16 (25.4) | |||
High school | 376 (64.27) | 45 (71.43) | |||
Family structure | Both parents | 410 (70.09) | 42 (66.67) | 0.17 | |
Othera | 175 (29.91) | 21 (33.33) | |||
Economic state | Upper | 49 (10.02) | 5 (9.80) | 9.79* | |
Middle | 333 (68.10) | 25 (49.02) | |||
Lower | 107 (21.88) | 21 (41.18) | |||
Suicide method | Jumping from a high place | 410 (70.09) | 42 (66.67) | 0.39 | |
Hanging | 146 (24.96) | 18 (28.57) | |||
Other | 29 (4.96) | 3 (4.76) | |||
Usual concernsb | Family problems | No | 368 (62.69) | 35 (54.69) | 1.25 |
Yes | 219 (37.31) | 29 (45.31) | |||
Academic problems | No | 375 (63.56) | 42 (64.62) | 0.00 | |
Yes | 215 (36.44) | 23 (35.38) | |||
Peer problems | No | 499 (84.86) | 50 (76.92) | 2.20 | |
Yes | 89 (15.14) | 15 (23.08) | |||
History of psychiatric disorder | No | 355 (59.19) | 45 (70.31) | 1.92 | |
Yes | 231 (40.81) | 19 (29.69) | |||
History of suicide attempt | No | 542 (92.49) | 59 (93.65) | 0.00 | |
Yes | 44 (7.51) | 4 (6.35) | |||
History of self-harm | No | 516 (88.21) | 56 (88.89) | 0.00 | |
Yes | 69 (11.79) | 7 (11.11) | |||