Research Article
Cardiovascular Diseases among Suiciders: A Population-Based Study in Northern Finland Population
Table 1
The characteristics of the suicide victims according to cardiovascular disease.
| | Coronary artery disease (%) = 176 | Other cardiac disease (%) = 266 | No cardiac disease (%) = 1841 | P-value |
| Males | 156 (88.6) | 191 (71.8) | 1516 (82.3) | <.001 |
| Mean (std) age in years at the time of death | 62.1 (12.9) | 52.7 (14.3) | 40.3 (14.4) | <.001 |
| Violent method for suicide | 129 (73.3) | 183 (68.8) | 1393 (75.7) | .050 |
| Hanging | 64 (36.4) | 92 (34.6) | 512 (27.8) | <.001 | Shooting | 38 (21.6) | 54 (20.3) | 569 (30.9) | Poisoning | 37 (21.0) | 73 (27.4) | 322 (17.5) | Gas | 10 (5.7) | 10 (3.8) | 126 (6.8) | Traffic | 4 (2.3) | 2 (0.8) | 87 (4.7) | Jumping | 5 (2.8) | 5 (1.9) | 44 (2.4) | Drowning | 14 (8.0) | 23 (8.6) | 125 (6.8) | Other | 4 (2.3) | 7 (2.6) | 56 (3.0) |
| Previous suicide attempt | 14 (8) | 37 (13.9) | 193 (10.5) | .547 |
| Alcohol contributed to the suicide | 62 (35.2) | 92 (34.6) | 849 (46.1) | <.001 |
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Pearson -test or Fisher Exact test when appropriate, two-tailed significance. Kruskall-Wallis test, two-tailed significance.
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