Factors Contributing to Suicidal Behaviour

(Brisbane and Gold Coast Community Survey, 2003)

Exacerbating factor	%
Problem with partner	40.7
Financial problems	24.1
Problem with parents	22.8
Problem with maintaining social relations	21.7
History of physical or psychological abuse	16.2
Addiction	14.1
Mental illness and psychiatric symptoms	13.8
History of sexual abuse	12.6
Unemployment	12.1
Problem with children	10.4
Physical illness or disability	10.4
Legal problems	7.5

 

 

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