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Table 1 Patient characteristics by the three different samples

From: Validation of key behaviourally based mental health diagnoses in administrative data: suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse and tobacco use

 

Suicide Deaths

Controls

AD New Users

 

(N = 368)

(N = 362)

(N = 571)

Characteristics

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Male

312 (84.8)

311 (85.9)

520 (91.1)

Hispanic

8 (2.2)

17 (4.7)

26 (4.6)

White

290 (78.8)

274 (75.7)

431 (75.5)

Age (mean (SD))

57.5 (14.3)

57.6 (14.5)

56.2 (14.2)

0 Outpatient Visita

31 (8.4)

34 (9.4)

15 (2.6)

1 Outpatient Visita

19 (5.2)

12 (3.3)

80 (14.0)

> 1 Outpatient Visita

318 (86.4)

316 (87.3)

476 (83.4)

  1. Abbreviation: AD is antidepressants.
  2. a During the year of assessment considered for this study.