TABLE 3—

Sequence, Lethality, Method, and Method Switching in Repeat Self-Harm Episodes, by Method of Index Episode: New Jersey, 2003–2007

	Index Self-Harm Method: Drug Overdose			Index Self-Harm Method: Cutting			Index Self-Harm Method: Other			Index Self-Harm Method: Total
Variable	Nonfatal, No. or %	Suicide, No. or %	CFR, %	Nonfatal, No.	Suicide, No. or %	CFR, %	Nonfatal, No. or %	Suicide, No. or %	CFR, %	Nonfatal, No. or %	Suicide, No. or %	CFR, %
Self-harm episode
Index	2751	NA	NA	478	NA	NA	371	NA	NA	3600	NA	NA
Second	352	25	6.6	85	6	6.6	49	7	12.5	486	38	7.3
Third	89	4	4.3	25	0	0.0	14	2	12.5	128	6	4.5
Fourth	31	2	6.1	12	1	7.7	4	0	0.0	47	3	6.0
Subsequent	58	1	1.7	6	0	0.0	3	0	0.0	67	1	1.5
Subsequent episode
Drug overdose	429	5	1.2	58	1	1.7	28	1	3.4	515	7	1.3
Cutting	55	1	1.8	57	1	1.7	16	0	0.0	128	2	1.5
Othera	46	26	36.1	13	5	27.8	26	8	23.5	85	39	31.5
Proportion who ever used methods other than cutting or overdose after the index method	11.1	81.3	NA	15.3	71.4	NA	44.9	88.9	NA	15.2	81.3	NA
Proportion who ever switched method category	21.6	84.4	NA	60.0	85.7	NA	63.3	11.1	NA	32.5	70.8	NA

Note. CFR = case fatality ratio; NA = not applicable. CFR indicates percentage of cases that are fatal (suicide divided by the sum of suicide plus nonfatal episodes).

^aAll methods except cutting and overdoses, such as poisoning by gases or chemicals, hanging, suffocation, drowning, firearm.