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  • Gender differences in risk factors for suicide in Denmark
  • Ping Qin, Esben Agerbo, Niels Westergård-Nielsen, Tor Eriksson, Preben Bo Mortensen
  • Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 177 / Issue 6 / December 2000
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018, pp. 546-550
  • Print publication: December 2000
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    Background

    Gender is one of the most frequently replicated predictors for suicide.

    Aims

    To identify risk factors for suicide among males and females and to investigate whether risk factors for suicide differ by gender.

    Method

    A time-matched nested case–control design was performed using Danish longitudinal register databases to obtain 811 suicide cases and 79 871 controls. Data were analysed using conditional logistic regression.

    Results

    A history of hospitalised mental illness was the most marked risk factor for suicide for both genders. Unemployment, retirement, being single and sickness absence were significant risk factors for men, whereas having a child <2 years old was significantly protective for women. The relative risks for suicide differed significantly between genders according to psychiatric admission status and being the parent of a child < 2 years. However, adjustment for these factors did not eliminate the gender difference in suicide risk.

    Conclusions

    Risk factors for suicide differed by gender and gender differences could not be explained by differential exposure to known risk factors.