Table 2.

Suicide attempts, suicide methods, and cause of sudden violent death

Suicide	Women		Men		Total
	N = 22	%	N = 41	%	N = 63	%
No previous attempt	10	45.5	21	51.2	31	49.2
Single suicide attempt	6	27.3	11	26.8	17	27.0
Multiple attempts	6	27.3	9	22.0	15	23.8
Physical methods	17	77.3	34	82.9	51	81.0
Hanging	8	36.4	11	26.8	19	30.2
Railway tracks	4	18.2	9	22.0	13	20.6
Drowning	3	13.6	0	0.0	3	4.8
Jumping	1	4.5	7	17.1	8	12.7
Firearms	1	4.5	3	7.3	4	6.3
Knife	0	0.0	2	4.9	2	3.2
Suffocation	0	0.0	1	2.4	1	1.6
Single‐car crash	0	0.0	1	2.4	1	1.6
Chemical methods	5	22.7	7	17.1	12	19.0
Medication	4	18.2	4	9.8	8	12.7
Drug overdose	1	4.5	2	4.9	3	4.8
Gas	0	0.0	1	2.4	1	1.6

Sudden violent death	Women		Men		Total
	N = 7	%	N = 55	%	N = 62	%
No previous attempt	7	100.0	49	89.1	56	90.3
Single suicide attempt	0	0.0	3	5.5	3	4.8
Multiple attempts	0	0.0	3	5.5	3	4.8
Homicide	2	28.6	5	9.1	7	11.3
Traffic accident	3	42.9	22	40.0	25	40.3
Fire	1	14.3	2	3.6	3	4.8
Drowning	0	0.0	2	3.6	2	3.2
Work accident	0	0.0	2	3.6	2	3.2
Medication	1	14.3	10	18.2	11	17.7
Overdose	0	0.0	11	20.0	11	17.7
Fire arms accident	0	0.0	1	1.8	1	1.6

Control group	Women		Men		Total
	N = 28	%	N = 76	%	N = 104	%
No suicide attempt	23	82.1	73	96.1	96	92.3
Single suicide attempt	4	14.3	3	3.9	7	6.7
Multiple attempts	1	3.6	0	0.0	1	1.0