The Cumulative Incidence of Self-Reported Suicide-Related Thoughts and Attempts in Young Canadians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the cumulative incidence of self-reported suicide-related thoughts (SRTs) and suicide attempts (SAs) in males and females from 11 to 25 years of age in Canada.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted by linking cycles 2 to 8 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, a representative survey of Canadians aged 11 to 25 years conducted from 1996 to 2009. The 11- to 25-year cumulative incidence of self-reported SRTs and SAs (with suicidal intent) was estimated in males and females using a novel application of a counting process approach to account for discontinuous risk intervals between survey cycles.

Results

The risk of SRTs was 29% (95% confidence interval [CI], 26% to 31%) in females and 19% (95% CI, 16% to 23%) in males. The risk

SUBMITTER: Goodday SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405801 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature