Demographic pattern of suicides mentioned in 10 Nigeria online news portal (n=350)
| Variables | Total | Male (n=282) | Female (n=68) | Statistics | P value |
| Age in years—mean (SD) | 35.62 (15.51) | 38.13 (14.15) | 29.13 (18.36) | t=4.130 | <0.001 |
| Marital status (n=338) | χ2=4.126 | 0.127 | |||
| Married | 175 (51.8) | 147 (54.4) | 28 (41.2) | ||
| Unmarried | 252 (45.0) | 114 (42.2) | 38 (55.9) | ||
| Separated/divorced | 11 (3.3) | 9 (3.3) | 2 (2.9) | ||
| Habitat (n=330) | χ2=4.071 | 0.131 | |||
| Urban | 131 (39.7) | 104 (39.0) | 27 (42.9) | ||
| Semi-urban | 133 (40.3) | 114 (42.7) | 19 (30.2) | ||
| Rural | 66 (20.0) | 49 (18.4) | 17 (27.0) | ||
| Social class (n=319) | χ2=1.264 | 0.531 | |||
| High | 48 (15.0) | 37 (14.3) | 11 (18.3) | ||
| Average | 163 (51.1) | 131 (50.6) | 32 (53.3) | ||
| Low | 108 (33.9) | 91 (35.1) | 17 (28.3) | ||
| Occupation (n=292) | χ2=26.537 | <0.001 | |||
| Student | 98 (33.6) | 63 (27.2) | 35 (58.3) | ||
| Business | 38 (13.0) | 29 (12.5) | 9 (15.0) | ||
| Artisan | 29 (9.9) | 23 (9.9) | 6 (10.0) | ||
| Civil servant | 27 (9.2) | 25 (10.8) | 2 (3.3) | ||
| Others | 15 (5.9) | 15 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Region (n=350) | χ2=7.645 | 0.177 | |||
| North Central | 66 (18.9) | 50 (17.7) | 16 (23.5) | ||
| North East | 12 (3.4) | 11 (3.9) | 1 (1.5) | ||
| North West | 38 (10.9) | 27 (9.6) | 11 (16.2) | ||
| South East | 48 (13.7) | 43 (15.2) | 5 (7.4) | ||
| South-South | 56 (16.0) | 43 (15.2) | 13 (19.1) | ||
| South West | 130 (37.1) | 108 (38.3) | 22 (32.4) | ||
| Risk factors (n=316) | χ2=18.188 | 0.006 | |||
| Unknown | 93 (29.4) | 73 (29.1) | 20 (30.8) | ||
| Financial constraint | 55 (17.4) | 53 (21.1) | 2 (3.1) | ||
| Marital/relationship discord | 29 (9.2) | 20 (8.0) | 9 (13.8) | ||
| Familial disharmony | 28 (8.9) | 17 (6.8) | 11 (16.9) | ||
| Depression | 16 (5.1) | 12 (4.8) | 4 (6.2) | ||
| Psychiatric illness | 14 (4.4) | 12 (4.8) | 2 (3.1) | ||
| Others | 81 (25.6) | 64 (25.5) | 17 (26.2) | ||
| Place of attempt (n=342) | χ2=13.252 | 0.021 | |||
| Home | 205 (59.9) | 156 (56.7) | 49 (73.1) | ||
| School | 21 (6.1) | 15 (5.5) | 6 (9.0) | ||
| Workplace | 17 (5.0) | 16 (5.8) | 1 (1.5) | ||
| Social/community centre (worship centre, stadium, showhouse etc) | 16 (4.7) | 13 (4.7) | 3 (4.5) | ||
| Bridge | 11 (3.2) | 8 (2.9) | 3 (4.5) | ||
| Others | 72 (21.1) | 67 (24.2) | 5 (7.5) |