Table 1.
Characteristics of Decedents in 1,546 Completed Suicides, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2000–2010
| Characteristic | Males (n = 1,210) |
Females (n = 336) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age, years | ||||
| ≤35 | 506 | 41.8 | 122 | 36.3 |
| 36–64 | 575 | 47.5 | 198 | 58.9 |
| ≥65 | 128 | 10.6 | 15 | 4.5 |
| Missing data | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Season | ||||
| Spring | 334 | 27.6 | 74 | 22.0 |
| Summer | 293 | 24.2 | 89 | 26.5 |
| Fall | 317 | 26.2 | 99 | 29.5 |
| Winter | 266 | 22.0 | 74 | 22.0 |
| Method of deatha | ||||
| Violent | 1,016 | 84.0 | 173 | 51.5 |
| Nonviolent | 193 | 16.0 | 161 | 47.9 |
| Missing data | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.6 |
a Nonviolent methods of death included drug overdose, drowning, poisoning, and gas; all other methods of death were categorized as violent.