Table 1.
Distribution of Demographic and Clinical Variables by Suicide Method.
| Suicide method | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Hanging | Jumping from heights | Jumping in front of a train | Drowning | Poisoning | Sharp objects etc, | |||||||||
| Variable | n (%) | 669 | (100.0) | 337 | (50.4) | 212 | (31.7) | 12 | (1.8) | 34 | (5.1) | 54 | (8.1) | 20 | (3.0) |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 406 | (60.7) | 222 | (65.9) | 108 | (50.9) | 9 | (75.0) | 22 | (64.7) | 31 | (57.4) | 14 | (70.0) | |
| Female | 263 | (39.3) | 115 | (34.1) | 104 | (49.1) | 3 | (25.0) | 12 | (35.3) | 23 | (42.6) | 6 | (30.0) | |
| Age, Median (Q1-Q3) | 52.0 | (36.0-68.0) | 54.0 | (39.5-70.0) | 51.0 | (35.0-63.0) | 44.0 | (29.0-82.3) | 71.5 | (55.5-78.3) | 32.5 | (23.0-50.0) | 66.5 | (42.3-71.0) | |
| Age group | |||||||||||||||
| Young (0-39 yr) | 192 | (28.7) | 84 | (24.9) | 63 | (29.7) | 5 | (41.7) | 2 | (5.9) | 34 | (63.0) | 4 | (20.0) | |
| Middle-aged (40-59 yr) | 236 | (35.3) | 117 | (34.7) | 88 | (41.5) | 3 | (25.0) | 8 | (23.5) | 16 | (29.6) | 4 | (20.0) | |
| Older (60-99 yr) | 241 | (36.0) | 136 | (40.4) | 61 | (28.8) | 4 | (33.3) | 24 | (70.6) | 4 | (7.4) | 12 | (60.0) | |
| Occupation | |||||||||||||||
| Unemployed | 423 | (63.2) | 210 | (62.3) | 140 | (66.0) | 7 | (58.3) | 24 | (70.6) | 30 | (55.6) | 12 | (60.0) | |
| Employed | 216 | (32.3) | 118 | (35.0) | 56 | (26.4) | 5 | (41.7) | 10 | (29.4) | 20 | (37.0) | 7 | (35.0) | |
| Student | 30 | (4.5) | 9 | (2.7) | 16 | (7.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (7.4) | 1 | (5.0) | |
| Living | |||||||||||||||
| Living alone | 266 | (39.8) | 133 | (39.5) | 74 | (34.9) | 4 | (33.3) | 12 | (35.3) | 31 | (57.4) | 12 | (60.0) | |
| Living with others | 403 | (60.2) | 204 | (60.5) | 138 | (65.1) | 8 | (66.7) | 22 | (64.7) | 23 | (42.6) | 8 | (40.0) | |
| Suicide attempt history: Presence | 179 | (26.8) | 86 | (25.5) | 58 | (27.4) | 1 | (8.3) | 10 | (29.4) | 21 | (38.9) | 3 | (15.0) | |
| Psychiatric consultation history: Presence | 391 | (58.4) | 186 | (55.2) | 142 | (67.0) | 6 | (50.0) | 15 | (44.1) | 34 | (63.0) | 8 | (40.0) | |
Q1-Q3: 25 to 75 percentile.