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. 2007 Feb 13;96(5):752–757. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603617

Table 2. Breakdown of suicides by methodology of act, within 5 years of a cancer diagnosis made between 1981 and 1995 (i.e. 1981–2000) and in the (unmatched) general Scottish population between 1981 and 2000.

  Scottish population
Cancer cohort
Type of suicide n % n %
Solids or liquids 3261 28.5 42 32.1
 Analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics 1157 10.1 17 13
 Tranquillizers and other psychotropics 1027 9.0 12 9.2
 Other 1077 9.4 13 9.9
Gases 1604 14.0 17 13
Hanging 3644 31.8 22 16.8
Drowning 1010 8.8 19 14.5
Firearms 456 4.0 7 5.3
Cutting 167 1.5 6 4.6
Jumping 730 6.4 13 9.9
Other/unspecified 578 5.0 5 3.8
         
Total 11 450 100 131 100