Table 1.
The numbers (N), rate (deaths per 100,000) and percentage (%) of male suicide deaths by method in Taiwan, 1991–2005
| 1991–1993 | 1994–1996 | 1997–1999 | 2000–2002 | 2003–2005 | ||||||
| Age | N | Rate (%) | N | Rate (%) | N | Rate (%) | N | Rate (%) | N | Rate (%) |
| 15–24 | ||||||||||
| Poisoninga | 144 | 2.5 (34) | 128 | 2.2 (27) | 104 | 1.7 (23) | 93 | 1.5 (18) | 67 | 1.1 (12) |
| Hangingb | 178 | 3.0 (42) | 138 | 2.4 (29) | 154 | 2.6 (34) | 170 | 2.8 (35) | 155 | 2.7 (28) |
| Gasesc | 0 | 0.0 (0) | 4 | 0.1 (1) | 6 | 0.1 (1) | 59 | 0.9 (11) | 176 | 3.0 (31) |
| Jumpingd | 15 | 0.3 (4) | 56 | 1.0 (12) | 60 | 1.0 (13) | 71 | 1.2 (15) | 93 | 1.6 (17) |
| Otherse | 87 | 1.5 (20) | 146 | 2.5 (31) | 130 | 2.2 (29) | 105 | 1.7 (21) | 68 | 1.2 (12) |
| 25–44 | ||||||||||
| Poisoninga | 390 | 3.7 (34) | 573 | 5.1 (33) | 677 | 5.9 (30) | 672 | 5.9 (23) | 624 | 5.3 (17) |
| Hangingb | 539 | 5.1 (47) | 612 | 5.4 (35) | 849 | 7.4 (37) | 882 | 7.6 (30) | 965 | 8.3 (26) |
| Gasesc | 5 | 0.1 (0) | 20 | 0.2 (1) | 59 | 0.5 (3) | 564 | 4.9 (20) | 1288 | 1.2 (35) |
| Jumpingd | 35 | 0.3 (3) | 109 | 1.0 (6) | 212 | 1.9 (9) | 267 | 2.3 (9) | 339 | 3.0 (9) |
| Otherse | 185 | 1.7 (16) | 412 | 3.7 (24) | 482 | 4.2 (21) | 513 | 4.4 (18) | 481 | 4.1 (13) |
| 45–64 | ||||||||||
| Poisoninga | 244 | 4.8 (32) | 391 | 7.4 (35) | 543 | 9.4 (35) | 659 | 10.2 (30) | 651 | 9.1 (23) |
| Hangingb | 398 | 7.6 (52) | 468 | 8.8 (42) | 611 | 10.5 (39) | 823 | 12.7 (37) | 1031 | 1.1 (35) |
| Gasesc | 1 | 0.0 (0) | 3 | 0.1 (0) | 35 | 0.6 (2) | 211 | 3.0 (9) | 561 | 7.1 (18) |
| Jumpingd | 23 | 0.4 (3) | 48 | 0.9 (4) | 93 | 1.6 (6) | 159 | 2.4 (7) | 224 | 3.0 (8) |
| Otherse | 98 | 1.9 (13) | 205 | 3.9 (19) | 271 | 4.7 (18) | 394 | 5.9 (17) | 466 | 6.4 (16) |
| 65 and above | ||||||||||
| Poisoninga | 175 | 7.4 (21) | 251 | 9.6 (22) | 342 | 11.8 (24) | 401 | 13.4 (26) | 386 | 1.0 (23) |
| Hangingb | 520 | 23.4 (65) | 587 | 22.6 (53) | 724 | 24.9 (50) | 778 | 24.2 (47) | 831 | 2.0 (45) |
| Gasesc | 0 | 0.0 (0) | 0 | 0.0 (0) | 2 | 0.1 (0) | 17 | 0.6 (1) | 43 | 1.4 (3) |
| Jumpingd | 24 | 1.1 (3) | 64 | 2.3 (5) | 133 | 4.4 (9) | 201 | 5.9 (12) | 199 | 5.4 (10) |
| Otherse | 88 | 3.9 (11) | 221 | 8.4 (20) | 249 | 8.6 (17) | 238 | 7.3 (14) | 349 | 1.1 (19) |
| Total | ||||||||||
| Poisoninga | 953 | 4.0 (30) | 1343 | 5.5 (30) | 1666 | 6.4 (30) | 1825 | 6.8 (26) | 1728 | 6.0 (20) |
| Hangingb | 1635 | 7.1 (53) | 1805 | 7.3 (41) | 2338 | 8.8 (40) | 2653 | 9.5 (36) | 2982 | 1.1 (33) |
| Gasesc | 6 | 0.0 (0) | 27 | 0.1 (1) | 102 | 0.4 (2) | 851 | 3.0 (11) | 2068 | 7.1 (23) |
| Jumpingd | 97 | 0.4 (3) | 277 | 1.1 (6) | 498 | 1.8 (8) | 698 | 2.4 (9) | 855 | 2.9 (9) |
| Otherse | 458 | 1.9 (14) | 984 | 4.0 (22) | 1132 | 4.3 (20) | 1250 | 4.5 (17) | 1364 | 4.6 (15) |
a Poisoning by solid or liquid substances.
b Hanging, strangulation and suffocation.
c Poisoning by other gases.
d Jumping/falling from high places.
e Others including poisoning by domestic gases, drowning, firearms, cutting and piercing, other and unspecified means, and late effects of injury.