Table 4.
Suicide deaths by method
| No. (%) suicides (N = 288) |
No. (%) suicides | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-maternal | Antepartum | Puerperium | Postpartum | ||
| Poisoning | 82 (28.5) | 29 (35.4) | 31 (37.8) | 9 (11) | 13 (15.8) |
| Hanging | 67 (23.3) | 28 (41.8) | 24 (35.8) | 8 (12) | 7 (10.4) |
| Overdose | 47 (16.3) | 16 (34) | 20 (42.6) | 3 (6.4) | 8 (17) |
| Unknown | 43 (14.9) | 20 (46.5) | 5 (11.6) | 10 (23.3) | 8 (18.6) |
| Self-stabbing/cutting | 19 (6.6) | 3 (15.8) | 10 (52.6) | 3 (15.8) | 3 (15.8) |
| Self-immolation | 11 (3.8) | 5 (45.5) | 5 (45.5) | 1 (9) | 0 |
| Drowning | 10 (3.5) | 5 (50) | 4 (40) | 1 (10) | 0 |
| Jump from height | 5 (1.7) | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | 0 |
| Discontinued HIV ART | 2 (0.7) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 |
| Railway track strike | 2 (0.7) | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 110 | 103 | 36 | 39 | |