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Table 1 Study population

From: The temporal association between suicide and comorbid mental disorders in people treated for substance use disorders: a National registry study

 

No comorbidity n = 357

Psychosis/bipolar disordern = 170

Depression/anxiety n = 338

Personality disorder n = 81

Overall n = 946

p

Male gender n (%)

275 (77.0)

114 (67.0)

211 (62.4)

32 (39.5)

632 (66.8)

 < 0.0011

Age median (1st-3rd quartile)

41 (30, 51)

37 (29, 47)

44 (31, 55)

37 (25, 45)

40 (30, 51)

 < 0.0012

Suicide method n (%)

0.0021

 Hanging/strangulation

167 (46.8)

76 (44.7)

140 (41.4)

35 (43.2)

418 (44.2)

 

 Poisoning

95 (26.6)

37 (21.8)

111 (32.8)

35 (43.2)

278 (29.4)

 

 Other means

95 (26.6)

57 (33.5)

87 (25.7)

11 (13.6)

250 (26.4)

 

Last substance use disorder

 < 0.0011

 Alcohol (F10)

153 (42.9)

50 (29.4)

157 (46.4)

33 (40.7)

393 (41.5)

 

 Opiates (F11)

84 (23.5)

13 (7.6)

30 (8.9)

8 (9.9)

135 (14.3)

 

 Cannabinoids (F12)

28 (7.8)

20 (11.8)

29 (8.6)

8 (9.9)

85 (9.0)

 

 Sedatives and hypnotics (F13)

20 (5.6)

11 (6.5)

48 (14.2)

6 (7.4)

85 (9.0)

 

 Other substances (F14-F16)

21 (5.9)

18 (10.6)

19 (5.6)

5 (6.2)

63 (6.7)

 

 Multiple substances (F19)

51 (14.3)

58 (34.1)

55 (16.3)

21 (25.9)

185 (19.6)

 

 Deliberate self-harm last year

17 (4.8)

15 (8.8)

57 (16.9)

22 (27.2)

111 (11.7)

 < 0.0011

Charlson comorbidity index

0.1371

 0

234 (65.5)

125 (73.5)

214 (63.3)

57 (70.4)

630 (66.6)

 

 1–2

112 (31.4)

45 (26.5)

116 (34.3)

22 (17.2)

295 (31.2)

 

  > 2

11 (3.1)

 < 3

8 (2.4)

 < 3

21 (2.2)

 

Service at last contact

 < 0.0011

 SUD services

253 (70.9)

24 (14.1)

111 (32.8)

25 (30.9)

413 (43.7)

 

 Mental health services

104 (29.1)

146 (85.9)

227 (67.2)

56 (69.1)

533 (56.3)

 

Level of care at last contact

0.0131

 Inpatient

125 (35.0)

75 (44.1)

134 (39.6)

43 (53.1)

377 (39.9)

 

 Outpatient

232 (65.0)

95 (55.9)

204 (60.4)

38 (46.9)

569 (60.1)

 

Inpatient admissions last year

 < 0.001

 0

150 (42.0)

18 (10.6)

47 (13.9)

12 (14.8)

227 (24.0)

 

 1

140 (39.2)

40 (23.5)

105 (31.1)

13 (16.0)

298 (31.5)

 

 2-

67 (18.8)

112 (65.9)

186 (55.0)

56 (69.1)

421 (44.5)

 

Outpatient contacts last year

 < 0.001

 0

56 (15.7)

11 (6.5)

30 (8.9)

3 (3.7)

100 (10.6)

 

 1–10

219 (61.3)

61 (35.9)

154 (45.6)

31 (38.3)

465 (49.2)

 

 11-

82 (23.0)

98 (57.6)

154 (45.6)

47 (58.0)

381 (40.3)

 
  1. Description of SUD patients who died by suicide within one year after contact with services for the treatment of substance use and mental health disorders by comorbid mental disorders
  2. 1Chi-squared test
  3. 2Mann-Whitney test