Table 1.

Method of suicide by leave status

	Absconders (n = 469)		Agreed leave (n = 761)
Method	N	%	N	%	P-value
Hanging	106	23%	253	33%	< 0.001
Self-poisoning	31	7%	101	13%	< 0.001
Carbon monoxide poisoning	8	2%	27	4%	0.06
Drowning	69	15%	72	9%	0.01
Jumping	228	49%	231	30%	< 0.001
Other *	26	6%	75	10%	0.01

* includes burning, cutting, firearms, electrocution, suffocation and other specified