Table 1.

Categories of suicide deaths coded during different periods

	Coding periods
	1975-1996	1997-2001	2002-2010
Number of suicide methods/categories	8	9	15
Suicide methods/categories	Poisoning
	Hanging	Hanging	Hanging
	Jumping in front of train	Jumping in front of train	Jumping in front of train
	Drowning	Drowning	Drowning
	Burning	Burning	Burning
	Shooting	Shooting	Shooting
	With sharp cutting instrument	With sharp cutting instrument	With sharp cutting instrument
	Other means	Other means	Other means
		Insecticide/Pesticide poisoning	Insecticide/Pesticide poisoning
		Acetic Acid Poisoning
			Firearms
			Explosives
			Ingestion of acids
			Medicinal drug overdose
			Plant Poisoning
			Jumping from a height
			Ingestion/injection of addictive drugs