Table 4 Comparison of top 10 stressful life events between females and males among the suicide cases
Stressful life events | Total | Rank | Female | Rank | Male | Rank | χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||||
1 | Being diagnosed with chronic diseases | 191(78.9) | 1 | 87(81.3) | 1 | 104(77.0) | 1 | 0.655 |
6 | Hospitalization | 132(54.5) | 2 | 48(44.9) | 2 | 84(62.2) | 2 | 7.257* |
2 | Being diagnosed with terminal illness | 112(46.3) | 3 | 40(37.4) | 4 | 72(53.3) | 3 | 6.108* |
13 | Death of a spouse | 77(31.8) | 4 | 46(43.0) | 3 | 31(23.0) | 8 | 11.036* |
8 | Self-caring hard | 71(29.3) | 5 | 26(24.3) | 7 | 45(33.3) | 5 | 2.350 |
24 | Family poverty | 67(27.7) | 6 | 21(19.6) | 9 | 46(34.1) | 4 | 6.223* |
25 | Living alone | 65(26.9) | 7 | 29(27.1) | 5 | 36(26.7) | 6 | 0.006 |
28 | Children having left home | 65(26.9) | 8 | 28(26.2) | 6 | 37(26.4) | 7 | 0.047 |
3 | Life threatening illness to parents/spouse/children | 48(19.8) | 9 | 23(21.5) | 8 | 25(18.5) | 10 | 0.333 |
7 | Family members hospitalized | 44(18.2) | 10 | 19(17.8) | 10 | 25(18.5) | 10 | 0.023 |