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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Aug;34(8):474–481. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34060-4

Table 4.

Methods of Suicide*

Hanging Jumping Cutting Poisoning Drowning Firearms Other
Medical
Setting		 49/304
(16.1%)		 163/304
(53.6%)		 35/304
(11.5%)		 17/304
(5.6%)		 7/304
(2.3%)		 29/304
(9.5%)		 4/304
(1.3%)
Psychiatric
Setting		 152/671
(22.7%)		 177/671
(26.4%)		 11/671
(1.6%)		 83/671
(12.4%)		 93/671
(13.9%)		 20/671
(3.0%)		 135/671
(20.1%)
General
Population		 7,336/32,439
(22.6%)		 676/32,439
(2.1%)		 590/32,439
(1.8%)		 5,800/32,439
(17.9%)		 365/32,439
(1.1%)		 16,750/32,439
(51.6%)		 922/32,439
(2.8%)
*

Methods were categorized by International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and National Center for Health Statistics definitions. Methods contained in the category of “other” include suicide by transportation, fire, terrorism, unknown, and unspecified (X76, X77, X79, U03.0, U03.9, X82, X84, X75, X91, X83, Y87.0).