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Table 2 Population characteristics of suicide attempts by postpartum and non-postpartum women, aged 18–44, 2006–2015

From: The tip of the iceberg: postpartum suicidality in Israel

  

Postpartum

Non-postpartum

Postpartum

Non-postpartum

Rate ratio non- postpartum/ postpartum

  

Number

Rate/100,000 population

 

Total

 

565

19,694

35.8 (32.9–38.9)

153.0 (150.9–155.2)

4.3 (3.9–4.7)

Age Group

18–24

214

9359

71.8 (62.5–82.1)

250.0 (244.9–255.1)

3.5 (3.0–4.0)

 

25–34

278

6104

29.6 (26.3–33.3)

131.5 (128.2–134.8)

4.4 (3.9–5.0)

 

35–44

73

4231

21.3 (16.7–26.8)

94.3 (91.5–97.2)

4.4 (3.5–5.6)

Ethnic Groupa

Jewsb

301

14,621

25.2 (22.4–28.2)

143.1 (140.8–145.5)

5.7 (5.1–6.4)

 

Arabs

263

4972

68.5 (60.4–77.2)

187.3 (182.1–192.6)

2.7 (2.4–3.1)

Immigrant status (for Jews2)

 FSU immigrants (recentc)

64

2871

58.8 (45.3–75.1)

171.9 (165.7–178.3)

2.9 (2.3–3.8)

 Ethiopian immigrants (recentc)

13

231

91.5 (48.7–156.5)

137.6 (120.4–156.5)

1.5 (0.8–2.7)

 Other immigrantsd (recentc)

10

558

20.9 (10.0–38.4)

145.1 (133.3–157.6)

7.0 (3.5–13.8)

 Israeli-born/veteran immigrants

214

10,961

20.9 (18.2–23.9)

138.0 (135.4–140.6)

6.6 (5.7–7.6)

  1. aNot including unknown. Ethnicity unknown for 102 attempts
  2. bJews includes other non-Jewish Israelis who are not Arab (4.4% of the total population)
  3. cSince 1990
  4. dNot including FSU and Ethiopian immigrants