Are school difficulties an early sign for mental disorder diagnosis and suicide prevention? A comparative study of individuals who died by suicide and control group

Table 2 Inter-group comparison of onset of school difficulties before age 12 (N = 146)

Characteristics	Individuals who died by suicide with school difficulties n (percentage)	Individuals in control group with school difficulties n (percentage)	p*
Academic failure, onset before age 12	n = 32 20 (63)	n = 6 5 (83)	0.32
Inappropriate behavior at school, onset before age 12	n = 35 23 (66)	n = 19 9 (47)	0.19
Combined school difficulties, onset before age 12	n = 45 41 (91)	n = 9 8 (89)	0.83

* Bivariate analysis with Chi-square test to compare suicides and controls, significant at p < 0.05

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