Table 1. Characteristics of all the suicides in Australia (2004–2008).

Characteristics		n	Percent
Gender	Female	2249	22.1
	Male	7927	77.9
Age group	Below 20	533	5.2
	20–39	4009	39.4
	40–59	3711	36.5
	60 or above	1921	18.9
	Unknown	2	0.0
Marital status	Married (inc de facto)	3593	35.3
	Divorced	616	6.1
	Never Married	2658	26.1
	Separated	987	9.7
	Widowed	343	3.4
	Unknown	1979	19.4
Employ	Employed	4213	41.4
	Unemployed	2001	19.7
	Retired/Pensioner	2227	21.9
	Student	409	4.0
	Home Duties	214	2.1
	Others	1112	10.9
Aboriginal origin	Neither Aboriginal nor TSI	7808	76.7
	Aboriginal Not TSI	417	4.1
	TSI Not Aboriginal	4	0.0
	Both Aboriginal and TSI	17	0.2
	Still Enquiring	1	0.0
	Unknown	1928	18.9
Year of incident	2004	2198	21.6
	2005	2125	20.9
	2006	2054	20.2
	2007	1975	19.4
	2008	1824	17.9
Suicide method	Hanging	4803	47.2
	Carbon monoxide poisoning	1281	12.6
	Drug poisoning	1228	12.1
	Firearm	807	7.9
	Transport injury	397	3.9
	Falling from height	488	4.8
	Drowning	177	1.7
	Fire or burn	126	1.2
	Cutting or stabbing	220	2.2
	Other ways of obstruct breathing	219	2.2
	Others	103	1.0
	Unknown	327	3.2
Residential state	Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	157	1.5
	New South Wales(NSW)	2565	25.2
	Northern Territory(NT)	205	2.0
	Queensland (QLD)	2431	23.9
	South Australia (SA)	943	9.3
	Tasmania (TAS)	370	3.6
	Victoria (VIC)	2303	22.6
	West Australia (WA)	1202	11.8