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 (%) = 176Other cardiac disease (%) = 266No cardiac disease (%) = 1841P-value

Males156 (88.6)191 (71.8)1516 (82.3)<.001

Mean (std) age in years at the time of death62.1 (12.9)52.7 (14.3)40.3 (14.4)<.001

Violent method for suicide129 (73.3)183 (68.8)1393 (75.7).050

Hanging64 (36.4)92 (34.6)512 (27.8)<.001
Shooting38 (21.6)54 (20.3)569 (30.9)
Poisoning37 (21.0)73 (27.4)322 (17.5)
Gas10 (5.7)10 (3.8)126 (6.8)
Traffic4 (2.3)2 (0.8)87 (4.7)
Jumping5 (2.8)5 (1.9)44 (2.4)
Drowning14 (8.0)23 (8.6)125 (6.8)
Other4 (2.3)7 (2.6)56 (3.0)

Previous suicide attempt14 (8)37 (13.9)193 (10.5).547

Alcohol contributed to the suicide62 (35.2)92 (34.6)849 (46.1)<.001

Pearson -test or Fisher Exact test when appropriate, two-tailed significance.
Kruskall-Wallis test, two-tailed significance.