Demographic variables of suicides mentioned in 10 Nigeria online news portals (n=350)
| Variable | N | Percentage (%) |
| Age in years (n=300) | ||
| 0–14 | 9 | 3.0 |
| 15–24 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 25–34 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 35–44 | 72 | 24.0 |
| 45–64 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 65 and above | 26 | 8.7 |
| Sex (n=350) | ||
| Male | 282 | 80.6 |
| Female | 68 | 19.4 |
| Marital status (n=338) | ||
| Married | 175 | 51.8 |
| Unmarried | 152 | 45.0 |
| Separated/divorced | 11 | 3.3 |
| Habitat (n=330) | ||
| Urban | 39.7 | |
| Semi-urban | 40.3 | |
| Rural | 20.0 | |
| Social class (n=319) | ||
| High | 48 | 15.0 |
| Average | 168 | 51.1 |
| Low | 108 | 33.9 |
| Occupation (n=292) | ||
| Student | 98 | 33.6 |
| Business | 38 | 13.0 |
| Artisan | 29 | 9.9 |
| Civil servant | 27 | 9.2 |
| Others | 100 | 34.2 |
| Region* (n=350) | ||
| North Central | 66 | 18.9 |
| North East | 12 | 3.4 |
| North West | 38 | 10.9 |
| South East | 48 | 13.7 |
| South-South | 56 | 16.0 |
| South West | 130 | 37.1 |
*Population size: North West (48 942 307), South West (46 706 662), North Central (29 252 408), South-South (28 829 288), North East (26 263 866), South East (21 955 414). Source: Wikipedia 2020 (available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population).