Characteristics of emergency department (ED) patients for suicide attempt and intentional self-harm, UMHS 2015–2020
| Characteristics | n=3002* |
| Gender (%) | |
| Female | 1861 (62.0) |
| Male | 1141 (38.0) |
| Age in years (mean, SD) | 26.4 (14.9) |
| Age categories (%) | |
| Younger than 18 | 1319 (44.0) |
| 18–65 | 1623 (54.1) |
| Older than 65 | 59 (2.0) |
| Marital status (%) | |
| Unmarried | 2314 (89.2) |
| Married | 279 (10.8) |
| Race (%) | |
| Caucasian | 2330 (78.0) |
| African-American | 377 (12.6) |
| Other | 168 (5.6) |
| Asian | 112 (3.8) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic or Latino | 2789 (93.5) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 159 (5.3) |
| Unknown | 33 (1.1) |
| Patient refused | 2 (0.1) |
| Total ED encounters (median, SD) | 2.2 (2.4) |
| ED encounter frequency (%) | |
| One encounter | 1204 (40.1) |
| Two encounters | 1198 (39.9) |
| Three or more encounters | 600 (20.0) |
*Column totals for variables may differ due to missing information.
UMHS, University of Michigan Health System.