Table 3.
Characteristics of suicide attempt
| Variables | Male | Female | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Method | ||||||
| Poisoning | 22 | 33.8 | 39 | 46.4 | 61 | 40.9 |
| Hanging | 29 | 44.6 | 23 | 27.3 | 52 | 34.9 |
| Drowning | 3 | 4.6 | 11 | 13.1 | 14 | 9.4 |
| Railway/road | 4 | 6.1 | 2 | 2.3 | 6 | 4.0 |
| Stabbing/Slashing | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 4.6 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Setting fire | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Firing | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Electrocution | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Jumping | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Easy availability of method | 62 | 95.3 | 83 | 98.8 | 145 | 97.3 |
| Alcohol before attempt | 7 | 10.7 | 5 | 5.9 | 12 | 8.0 |
| Planned attempt* | 44 | 67.6 | 33 | 39.2 | 77 | 51.6 |
| Unequivocal intent to die | 25 | 38.4 | 29 | 34.5 | 54 | 36.2 |
| Communication† | ||||||
| Ideation | 48 | 73.8 | 62 | 73.8 | 110 | 73.8 |
| Threat | 6 | 9.2 | 10 | 11.9 | 16 | 10.7 |
| Notes | 8 | 12.3 | 8 | 9.5 | 16 | 10.7 |
| Lethality score‡ | ||||||
| < 5 | 8 | 12.3 | 9 | 10.7 | 17 | 11.4 |
| 5 | 18 | 27.6 | 26 | 30.9 | 44 | 29.5 |
| >5 | 39 | 60.0 | 49 | 58.3 | 88 | 59.1 |
| Risk-rating score | ||||||
| High risk | 21 | 32.3 | 28 | 33.3 | 49 | 32.8 |
| High moderate | 16 | 24.6 | 21 | 25.0 | 37 | 24.8 |
| Moderate | 9 | 13.8 | 19 | 22.6 | 28 | 18.7 |
| Low moderate | 17 | 26.1 | 9 | 10.7 | 26 | 17.4 |
| Low risk | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 8.3 | 9 | 6.0 |
| Rescue-rating score | ||||||
| Least rescuable | 16 | 24.6 | 21 | 25.0 | 37 | 24.8 |
| Low moderate | 14 | 21.5 | 21 | 25.0 | 35 | 23.4 |
| Moderate | 24 | 36.9 | 27 | 32.1 | 51 | 34.2 |
| High moderate | 9 | 13.8 | 14 | 16.6 | 23 | 15.4 |
| Most rescuable | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Suicide potential§ | ||||||
| Medium | 27 | 41.5 | 52 | 61.9 | 79 | 53.0 |
| High | 38 | 58.4 | 32 | 38.1 | 70 | 46.9 |
*
P < 0.001;
†
no communication in 7 attempters;
‡
Lethality score: 5 - death probability fifty-fifty;
§
P < 0.02