Prevalence of past-year help-seeking among Canadian military and civilians who reported past-year suicidal behaviours
| Sector of treatment; reported behaviour | Military personnel | Civilian population | Military v. civilian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence, % (95% CI) | Adjusted OR† (95% CI), 2013 v. 2002 | Prevalence, % (95% CI) | Adjusted OR† (95% CI), 2012 v. 2002 | Adjusted OR† (95% CI), 2002 | Adjusted OR† (95% CI), 2012/13 | |||
| 2002 | 2013* | 2002 | 2012 | |||||
| Psychiatrist | ||||||||
| Ideation | 24.6 (18.6–31.8) | 38.7 (32.3–45.4) | 2.32 (1.42–3.77) | 17.3 (14.5–20.5) | 20.9 (16.9–25.6) | 1.45 (1.00–2.09) | 1.73 (1.03–2.92) | 2.41 (1.39–4.17) |
| Plan | NA | 45.6 (36.3–56.9) | NA | NA | 35.7 (25.3–47.7) | NA | NA | 1.18 (0.41–3.46) |
| Attempt | 47.2 (26.6–68.9) | 50.0 (28.9–74.4) | 1.32 (0.11–16.11) | 37.6 (28.1–48.2) | 30.1 (16.7–47.9) | 0.73 (0.31–1.72) | 1.64 (0.49–5.45) | 3.93 (0.84–18.39) |
| Psychologist | ||||||||
| Ideation | 25.4 (19.4–32.6) | 40.9 (34.4–47.6) | 2.17 (1.35–3.48) | 12.0 (9.5–15.2) | 17.5 (12.6–23.9) | 1.49 (0.95–2.35) | 2.42 (1.26–4.65) | 4.67 (2.58–8.47) |
| Plan | NA | 50.9 (40.1–61.2) | NA | NA | 28.2 (16.8–43.2) | NA | NA | 3.88 (0.94–16.04) |
| Attempt | 48.3 (27.2–70.1) | 50.0 (29.3–72.3) | 0.94 (0.15–5.74) | 17.4 (9.9–28.6) | 32.0 (14.0–57.6) | 2.37 (0.55–10.23) | 4.58 (1.15–18.15) | 6.33 (0.65–61.56) |
| Family physician | ||||||||
| Ideation | 36.0 (29.2–43.4) | 43.8 (36.8–50.6) | 1.48 (0.94–2.34) | 31.2 (27.1–35.6) | 40.0 (33.4–46.9) | 1.53 (1.09–2.15) | 1.94 (1.23–3.05) | 1.71 (1.02–2.84) |
| Plan | NA | 49.1 (39.8–59.9) | NA | NA | 57.4 (45.0–68.9) | NA | NA | 1.01 (0.33–3.08) |
| Attempt | 60.7 (37.6–79.8) | 58.3 (35.2–77.1) | 1.18 (0.14–10.14) | 41.2 (31.3–51.8) | 70.8 (53.9–83.4) | 3.55 (1.45–8.69) | 2.68 (0.69–10.38) | 0.55 (0.13–2.39) |
| Nurse | ||||||||
| Ideation | 14.9 (10.2–21.2) | 29.2 (23.6–35.0) | 2.84 (1.59–5.09) | 4.4 (3.1–6.1) | 7.5 (5.3–10.5) | 1.77 (1.03–3.06) | 7.51 (3.13–18.06) | 6.54 (3.00–14.28) |
| Plan | NA | 40.4 (31.5, 50.8) | NA | NA | 10.8 (6.4–17.6) | NA | NA | 8.53 (1.95–37.25) |
| Attempt | 35.0 (17.5–57.8) | 58.3 (33.6–76.9) | 2.48 (0.33–18.98) | 12.2 (7.0–20.5) | 11.0 (5.4–21.3) | 0.93 (0.35–2.47) | 5.26 (1.31–21.15) | 23.40 (1.86–294.48) |
| Social worker | ||||||||
| Ideation | 25.4 (19.1–33.0) | 52.6 (45.8–58.7) | 3.76 (2.29–6.16) | 11.6 (8.6–15.5) | 22.5 (18.2–27.5) | 2.43 (1.54–3.86) | 4.17 (2.20–7.91) | 4.84 (2.83–8.27) |
| Plan | NA | 54.4 (43.8–64.0) | NA | NA | 29.0 (20.5–39.3) | NA | NA | 4.23 (1.39–12.85) |
| Attempt | 39.5 (20.6–62.2) | NA | NA | 17.1 (11.2–25.2) | 30.6 (17.6–47.7) | 2.19 (0.78–6.17) | 3.60 (1.08–12.02) | NA |
| Any treatment seeking | ||||||||
| Ideation | 51.3 (44.0–58.6) | 73.0 (66.6–78.6) | 3.16 (1.96–5.08) | 42.1 (37.6–46.8) | 57.0 (50.8–63.0) | 1.90 (1.37–2.62) | 2.02 (1.31–3.13) | 3.14 (1.86–5.28) |
| Plan | NA | 77.2 (68.1–85.7) | NA | NA | 75.7 (66.0–83.3) | NA | NA | 1.84 (0.61–5.53) |
| Attempt | 72.0 (47.5–87.9) | NA | NA | 58.4 (46.8–69.1) | 79.8 (65.0–89.4) | 2.83 (1.13–7.11) | 2.00 (0.49–8.22) | NA |
| No. of professionals‡ | Mean no. (95% CI) | χ2 | Mean no. (95% CI) | χ2 | χ2 | χ2 | ||
| 2002 | 2013* | 2002 | 2012 | |||||
| Ideation | 1.5 (1.2–1.8) | 2.6 (2.1–3.0) | 21.46 | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 19.73 | 18.53 | 34.65 |
| Plan | NA | 2.5 (1.8–3.3) | NA | NA | 1.6 (1.3–1.9) | NA | NA | 4.87 |
| Attempt | 2.5 (1.4–3.5) | 3.5 (2.5–4.5) | 2.13 | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) | 1.7 (1.4–2.1) | 7.02 | 5.12 | 10.99 |
Note: CI = confidence interval, NA = not available in data set or not released by Statistics Canada to protect respondents’ confidentiality, OR = odds ratio.
↵* In the Canadian Forces 2013 survey, percentages were based on weighted numbers, which were rounded to a base 20 for confidentiality purposes according to Statistics Canada’s data-release policies.
↵† Suicide ideation and suicide plan models adjusted for age, sex, marital status, visible minority status, education and income; suicide attempt models adjusted for age and sex.
↵‡ Estimated marginal means (i.e., adjusted means) were computed from coefficients derived from negative binomial regression models. Models were adjusted for variables as described above.