Table 1 Comparison of factors by suicide attempt status in school-attending adolescents in Cook Islands, Curaçao, and Timor Leste, GSHS 2015

Age (SD)

 No suicide attempt

15.31 (1.42)

15.50 (1.90)

15.72 (1.80)

 One or more suicide attempts

15.56 (1.46)

15.26 (1.70)

15.46 (2.00)

 P-value

0.105

0.066

0.075

Sex (male)

 No suicide attempts

48.88

49.83

50.20

 One or more suicide attempts

46.65

39.01

55.69

 P-value

0.615

0.002

0.060

Suicide ideation

 No suicide attempts

7.93

6.06

6.55

 One or more suicide attempts

64.62

54.91

42.14

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Suicide planning

 No suicide attempts

8.43

4.09

6.20

 One or more suicide attempts

55.73

50.23

45.20

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Anxiety

 No suicide attempts

11.13

9.26

11.54

 One or more suicide attempts

36.18

29.19

22.53

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Loneliness

 No suicide attempts

6.06

12.79

13.85

 One or more suicide attempts

22.95

37.83

24.36

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Food deprivation

 No suicide attempts

9.29

2.96

11.10

 One or more suicide attempts

14.94

10.88

18.13

 P-value

0.096

< 0.001

< 0.001

Close friends (SD)

 No suicide attempts

2.67 (0.79)

2.21 (1.00)

2.54 (0.83)

 One or more suicide attempts

2.28 (1.11)

1.96 (1.11)

2.30 (1.01)

 P-value

0.024

0.001

0.001

Bullying victimization

 No suicide attempts

7.27

8.63

5.11

 One or more suicide attempts

29.72

26.22

24.98

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Physical bullying

 No suicide attempts

2.78

0.68

3.74

 One or more suicide attempts

10.98

1.93

14.28

 P-value

< 0.001

0.055

< 0.001

Parental tobacco use

 No suicide attempts

42.72

19.8

30.91

 One or more suicide attempts

45.13

32.7

44.75

 P-value

0.626

< 0.001

< 0.001

People smoked in presence during the last week

 No suicide attempts

43.84

26.04

45.39

 One or more suicide attempts

50.48

36.66

47.04

 P-value

0.23

< 0.001

0.503

Physical fight

 No suicide attempts

11.41

6.75

12.04

 One or more suicide attempts

34.82

21.2

30.47

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Serious injury

 No suicide attempts

50.88

29.26

66.73

 One or more suicide attempts

71.64

49.29

89.51

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Early sexual debut

 No suicide attempts

Not asked

21.72

7.37

 One or more suicide attempts

35.58

18.55

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

Alcohol use in the past 30 days

 No suicide attempts

33.38

38.84

14.62

 One or more suicide attempts

50.87

57.87

41.13

 P-value

0.028

< 0.001

< 0.001

Physically attacked

 No suicide attempts

17.69

6.78

18.51

 One or more suicide attempts

35.00

22.22

33.10

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Marijuana use in the past 30 days

 No suicide attempts

3.73

4.70

3.45

 One or more suicide attempts

17.92

12.56

23.58

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Smoked cigarettes

 No suicide attempts

17.42

7.50

20.51

 One or more suicide attempts

37.41

20.86

43.94

 P-value

0.006

< 0.001

< 0.001

Supportive parental figures

 No suicide attempts

29.14

54.94

11.46

 One or more suicide attempts

25.62

38.00

14.90

 P-value

0.473

< 0.001

0.125

Helpful peers

 No suicide attempts

49.44

48.59

28.04

 One or more suicide attempts

35.41

39.19

24.12

 P-value

0.033

0.003

0.198