Table 3.

Suicide deaths by age group

Age group (N = deaths from all causes)	No. (%) suicides (N = 288)	No. (%) suicides				Suicide as a % of deaths from all causes
		Non-maternal	Antepartum	Puerperium	Postpartum
10–14 years (N = 1)	1 (0.3)	0	1 (100)	0	0	100%
15–19 years (N = 282)	31 (10.8)	8 (25.8)	18 (58.1)	3 (9.7)	2 (6.4)	11%
20–29 years (N = 1,209)	187 (65)	68 (36.4)	66 (35.3)	26 (13.9)	27 (14.4)	15.5%
30–39 years (N = 504)	61 (21.2)	28 (45.9)	16 (26.2)	7 (11.5)	10 (16.4)	12.1%
40–49 years (N = 101)	6 (2.1)	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)	0	0	5.9%
50–59 years (N = 12)	1 (0.3)	1 (100)	0	0	0	8.3%
Unknown age (N = 3)	1 (0.3)	0	1 (100)	0	0	33.3%
Total		110	103	36	39