Table 2. Methods for suicide-related behaviors and deaths by suicide.

Methods for suicide-related behaviors (n = 57,874)	No. of cases (%)
	Male	Female	Total
Single method (97.49%)
Poisoning	15,304 (59.69%)	21,639 (70.29%)	36,943 (65.47%)
Domestic gas	149 (0.58%)	99 (0.32%)	248 (0.44%)
Gassing	2,173 (8.48%)	1,511 (4.91%)	3,684 (6.53%)
Hanging	735 (2.87%)	512 (1.66%)	1,247 (2.21%)
Drowning	112 (0.44%)	242 (0.79%)	354 (0.63%)
Firearms	73 (0.28%)	16 (0.05%)	89 (0.16%)
Cutting	4,577 (17.85%)	5,092 (16.54%)	9,669 (17.14%)
Jumping	563 (2.20%)	617 (2%)	1,180 (2.09%)
Unspecified means	1,682 (6.56%)	696 (2.26%)	2,378 (4.21%)
Later effects	272 (1.06%)	360 (1.17%)	632 (1.12%)
Single method total	25,640	30,784	56,424
Multiple methods (2.51%)
Poisoning and gassing	232 (39.32%)	310 (36.05%)	542 (37.38%)
Poisoning and cutting	194 (32.88%)	421 (48.95%)	615 (42.41%)
Others	164 (27.80%)	129 (15%)	293 (20.21%)
Multiple methods total	590	860	1,450
Methods for deaths by suicide (n = 2,593)	No. of cases (%)
	Male	Female	Total
Single method (98.34%)
Poisoning	936 (59.69%)	624 (62.8%)	1560 (60.6%)
Domestic gas	11 (0.7%)	4 (0.41%)	15 (0.59%)
Gassing	54 (3.44%)	41 (4.18%)	95 (3.73%)
Hanging	209 (13.33%)	138 (14.05%)	347 (13.61%)
Drowning	18 (1.15%)	28 (2.85%)	46 (1.80%)
Firearms	15 (0.96%)	3 (0.31%)	18 (0.71%)
Cutting	111 (7.08%)	26 (2.65%)	137 (5.37%)
Jumping	94 (5.99%)	69 (7.03%)	163 (6.39%)
Unspecified means	97(6.19%)	30 (3.05%)	127 (4.98%)
Later effects	7 (0.45%)	13 (1.32%)	20 (0.78%)
Single method for deaths by suicide total	1,568	982	2,550
Multiple methods (1.66%)
Poisoning and Gassing	1 (4.17%)	8 (42.11%)	9 (20.93%)
Poisoning and Cutting	9 (37.5%)	3 (15.79%)	12 (27.91%)
Others	14 (58.33%)	8 (42.11%)	22 (51.16%)
Multiple methods for deaths by suicide total	24	19	43