Table 2 Rates of depression and suicidality among groups with different socio-demographics and chronic health conditions. N = 549

Total

135 (24.59%)

38 (6.92%)

10 (1.82%)

 Male

205 (37.34%)

31 (15.12%)

4 (1.95%)

1 (0.49%)

 Female

344 (62.66%)

104 (30.23%)

34 (9.88%)

9 (2.62%)

 ≤ 24

112 (20.40%)

26 (23.21%)

5 (4.46%)

0

 25–44

265 (48.27%)

51 (19.25%)

17 (6.42%)

6 (2.26%)

 45–64

120 (21.86%)

32 (26.67%)

13 (10.83%)

4 (3.33%)

 ≥ 65

52 (9.47%)

26 (50.00%)

3 (5.77%)

0

 APL

324 (59.45%)

61 (18.83%)

17 (5.18%)

5 (1.52%)

 BPL

221 (40.55%)

71 (32.13%)

21 (9.5%)

5 (2.26%)

 Not literate

12 (2.21%)

5 (41.67%)

1 (8.33%)

0

 Did not complete primary education

125 (22.77%)

47 (37.60%)

12 (9.60%)

4 (3.2%)

 Completed primary education

156 (28.42%)

38 (24.36%)

14 (8.97%)

2 (1.28%)

 Completed secondary education

93 (17.10%)

21 (22.58%)

5 (5.38%)

2 (2.15%)

 Completed tertiary—graduate/diploma

125 (22.98%)

21 (16.80%)

6 (4.80%)

2 (1.60%)

 Completed tertiary—postgraduate

38 (6.99%)

3 (7.89%)

0

0

 Unemployed

127 (23.13%)

33 (25.98%)

6 (4.72 %)

0

 Farming/fishing, etc., in own land

196 (35.70%)

63 (32.14%)

14 (7.14 %)

3 (1.53 %)

 Daily wage jobs

104 (18.94%)

24 (23.08%)

8 (7.69 %)

4 (3.85 %)

 Salaried employment

104 (18.94%)

13 (12.50%)

9(8.65 %)

3 (2.88 %)

Other business

18 (3.28%)

2 (11.11%)

1 (5.56 %)

0

 Unmarried

126 (23.16%)

27 (21.43%)

6 (4.76%)

0

 Married

385 (70.13%)

89 (23.12%)

29 (7.53%)

9 (2.34%)

 Widowed

32 (5.83%)

16 (50.00%)

2 (6.25%)

1 (3.13%)

 Divorced/separated

6 (1.09%)

3 (50.00%)

1 (16.67%)

0

 General

160 (29.14%)

27 (16.88%)

8(5%)

1 (0.63%)

 SC/ST/OBC

343 (68.19%)

108 (27.76%)

30 (7.71%)

9 (2.31%)

Presence of HTN^a

75 (13.66%)

40 (53.33%)

11 (14.67%)

5 (6.67%)

Presence of DM^b

69 (12.57%)

25 (36.23%)

3 (4.35%)

0