FIGURE 2—

Methods used in index and subsequent self-harm episodes among persons with index episodes involving (a) drug overdose, (b) cutting or piercing, and (c) all other methods: New Jersey, 2003–2007.

Note. † = 1 death. The roots of the trees indicate the number of self-injurers who used a given method on their index self-harm episode. The number in each node to the right indicates the number of people with subsequent events by method used on their second, third, and fourth episodes. Of 3600 self-injurers, 25 had more than 4 episodes; 1 of these died by suicide. In total 48 persons died by suicide: 24 by suffocation, 8 by nondrug poisoning, 7 by drug overdose, 4 by firearm, 2 each by falls and cutting or piercing, and 1 by drowning.