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Table 1 Distribution of marital status among suicide victims and population controls. Share of suicide victims and person-years of the population controls within each category of marital status of Norwegian men and women aged 35 at start of 20 years follow-up during the period 1975–2014

From: Marital status, educational attainment, and suicide risk: a Norwegian register-based population study

Marital status

Men

Women

 

Suicide victims

Population controls

Suicide victims

Population controls

Never married

31% (880)

18%

17% (206)

11%

Married

38% (1085)

68%

42% (502)

71%

Widow/widower

1% (22)

0%

3% (39)

2%

Divorced

21% (617)

11%

29% (349)

13%

Separated

9% (267)

3%

9% (106)

3%

Total

100% (2871)

100%

100% (1202)

100%