Table 2. Demographic and clinical characteristics of people who died by suicide after 2 weeks but within 1 year of discharge and their corresponding controls who did not die during the equivalent period

	Cases, n = 520		Controls, n = 8354
Characteristic	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	348	66.9	5601	67.0
Female	172	33.1	2753	33.0
Age at discharge, years
18–34	126	24.2	2080	24.9
35–64	313	60.2	5165	61.8
≥65	81	15.6	1109	13.3
Primary diagnosis at discharge
Schizophrenia	51	9.8	1422	17.0
Bipolar disorder	34	6.5	545	6.5
Depression	162	31.2	1689	20.2
Anxiety, adjustment, and related disorders	87	16.7	822	9.8
Substance misuse	52	10.0	1472	17.6
Personality disorder	26	5.0	223	2.7
All other codes	108	20.8	2181	26.1
≥1 comorbidities at baseline	99	19.0	1759	21.1
Length of stay, days
0–7	148	28.5	2304	27.6
8–29	222	42.7	3327	39.8
30–89	126	24.2	2016	24.1
≥90	24	4.6	705	8.4
Number of psychotropic medication types prescribed
0	114	21.9	2376	28.4
1	95	18.3	2234	26.7
2	123	23.7	1950	23.3
≥3	188	36.2	1794	21.5
Tricyclic antidepressants prescribed	48	9.2	499	6.0
Opioids prescribed	32	6.2	420	5.0
Gabapentinoids prescribed	26	5.0	240	2.9
Timing of first consultation
Within 2 weeks	268	51.5	4332	51.9
After 2 weeks	156	30.0	2365	28.3
No consultation	96	18.5	1657	19.8
Frequency of consultations
Low	172	33.1	3275	39.2
Medium	159	30.6	2595	31.1
High	189	36.3	2484	29.7
Consultation in the week before death by suicide	164	31.5	1702	20.4
Readmission to inpatient psychiatric care	165	31.7	1147	13.7
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Consultations (all staff types)	4	1-8	3	1–7
Consultations with a GP	2	0–6	2	0–5
Face-to-face consultation	3	1-7	3	1–6
Telephone or online consultation	0	0–1	0	0–1