Table 2 Distribution of the health care utilisation two years prior to suicide

All health care

Within

24 months

12 months

3 months

4 weeks

1 week

1 day

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

Total

856 (90.3)

-

816 (86.1)

-

698 (73.6)

-

565 (59.6)

-

338 (35.7)

-

137 (14.5)

-

Sex

 Male

611 (88.4^a)

0.001^c

576 (83.4^a)

 < 0.001^c

488 (70.6^a)

0.001^c

389 (56.3^a)

0.001^c

226 (32.7^a)

0.002^c

86 (12.4^a)

0.004^c

 Female

245 (95.3^a)

240 (93.4^a)

210 (81.7^a)

176 (68.5^a)

112 (43.6^a)

51 (19.8^a)

Age categories

 0–24

76 (88.4^b)

0.031^c

69 (80.2^b)

0.001^c

56 (65.1^b)

0.007^c

46 (53.3^b)

0.261^c

26 (30.2^b)

0.739^c

10 (11.6^b)

0.326^c

 25–44

223 (87.8^b)

209 (82.3^b)

183 (72.0^b)

152 (59.8^b)

91 (35.8^b)

44 (17.3^b)

 45–64

314 (89.2^b)

300 (85.2^b)

251 (71.3^b)

203 (57.7^b)

127 (36.1^b)

44 (12.5^b)

 65 + 

243 (94.9^b)

238 (93.0^b)

208 (81.3^b)

164 (64.1^b)

94 (36.7^b)

39 (15.2^b)

Psychiatric services

Within

24 months

12 months

3 months

4 weeks

1 week

1 day

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

Total

484 (51.1)

-

446 (47.0)

-

385 (40.6)

-

298 (31.4)

-

179 (18.9)

-

70 (7.4)

-

Sex

 Male

316 (45.7^a)

 < 0.001^c

292 (42.3^a)

 < 0.001^c

250 (36.2^a)

 < 0.001^c

190 (27.5^a)

 < 0.001^c

111 (16.1^a)

 < 0.001^c

42 (6.1^a)

0.012^c

 Female

168 (65.4^a)

154 (59.9^a)

135 (52.5^a)

108 (42.0^a)

68 (26.5^a)

28 (10.9^a)

Age categories

 0–24

51 (59.3^b)

 < 0.001^c

40 (46.5^b)

 < 0.001^c

36 (41.9^b)

 < 0.001^c

31 (36.0^b)

 < 0.001^c

19 (22.1^b)

0.004^c

8 (9.3^b)

0.018^c

 25–44

162 (63.8^b)

151 (59.4^b)

131 (51.6^b)

105 (41.3^b)

60 (23.6^b)

28 (11.0^b)

 45–64

189 (53.4^b)

177 (50.3^b)

147 (41.8^b)

108 (30.7^b)

70 (19.9^b)

24 (6.8^b)

 65 + 

82 (32.0^b)

78 (30.5^b)

71 (27.7^b)

54 (21.1^b)

30 (11.7^b)

10 (3.9^b)

Primary health care

Within

24 months

12 months

3 months

4 weeks

1 week

1 day

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

Total

758 (80.0)

-

684 (72.2)

-

467 (49.3)

-

295 (31.3)

-

132 (13.9)

-

31 (3.3)

-

Sex

 Male

539 (78.0^a)

0.014^c

483 (69.9^a)

0.011^c

322 (46.4^a)

0.007^c

209 (30.2^a)

0.342^c

88 (12.7^a)

0.083^c

19 (2.7^a)

0.140^c

 Female

219 (85.2^a)

201 (78.2^a)

145 (56.4^a)

86 (33.5^a)

44 (17.1^a)

12 (4.7^a)

Age categories

 0–24

63 (73.3^b)

 < 0.001^c

52 (60.5^b)

 < 0.001^c

26 (30.2^b)

 < 0.001^c

10 (11.6^b)

 < 0.001^c

6 (7.0^b)

0.001^c

1 (1.2^b)

0.112^c

 25–44

182 (71.7^b)

151 (59.4^b)

91 (35.8^b)

58 (22.8^b)

23 (9.1^b)

6 (2.4^b)

 45–64

286 (81.3^b)

263 (74.7^b)

180 (51.1^b)

115 (32.7^b)

53 (15.1^b)

10 (2.8^b)

 65 + 

227 (88.7^b)

218 (85.2^b)

170 (66.4^b)

112 (43.8^b)

50 (19.5^b)

14 (5.5^b)

Specialised somatic health care

Within

24 months

12 months

3 months

4 weeks

1 week

1 day

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

N (%)

p

Total

630 (66.5)

-

550 (58.0)

-

351 (37.0)

-

220 (23.2)

-

101 (10.7)

-

46 (4.9)

-

Sex

 Male

437 (63.2^a)

0.001^c

384 (55.6^a)

0.012^c

247 (35.7^a)

0.181^c

152 (22.0^a)

0.148^c

73 (10.6^a)

0.883^c

33 (4.8^a)

0.857^c

 Female

193 (75.1^a)

166 (64.6^a)

104 (40.5^a)

68 (26.5^a)

28 (10.9^a)

13 (5.1^a)

Age categories

 0–24

48 (55.8^b)

 < 0.001^c

40 (46.5^b)

 < 0.001^c

21 (24.4^b)

 < 0.001^c

16 (18.6^b)

 < 0.001^c

5 (5.8^b)

0.015^c

3 (3.5^b)

0.648^c

 25–44

142 (55.9^b)

117 (46.1^b)

63 (24.8^b)

41 (16.1^b)

18 (7.1^b)

11 (4.3^b)

 45–64

232 (65.9^b)

199 (56.5^b)

126 (35.8^b)

75 (21.3^b)

40 (11.4^b)

16 (4.5^b)

 65 + 

208 (81.3^b)

194 (75.8^b)

141 (55.1^b)

88 (34.4^b)

38 (14.8^b)

16 (6.3^b)