Table 1.

Distribution of suicides by method among men and women in Norway, 1969–2012

	Males		Females		Both sexes
Method	n	%	n	%	n	%
Hanging	5 534	33.1	1 630	26.3	7 164	31.3
Poisoning	3 345	20.0	2 501	40.4	5 846	25.5
Firearms	5 073	30.3	169	2.7	5 242	22.9
Drowning	922	5.5	1 026	16.6	1 948	8.5
Jumping from a high place	658	3.9	421	6.8	1 079	4.7
Cutting or piercing instruments	450	2.7	141	2.3	591	2.6
Other or unknown method	746	4.5	298	4.8	1 044	4.6
total	16 728	100	6 186	100	22 914	100