Table 4.
Characteristics of lifetime suicide attempts in adolescents (10–19 years old), Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys 2006, 2012, & 2018–2019.
| 2006 | 2012 | 2018–2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | CI | % | CI | % | CI | |
| Primary method | ||||||
| Poisoning with medications | 32.3 | (24.6,41.1) | 25.8 | (20.4,32.0) | 12.2 | (9.6,15.5) |
| Poisoning with narcotics | 1.8 | (0.8,4.1) | 0.8 | (0.4,1.7) | 0.2 | (0.1,0.6) |
| Poisoning with alcohol | 2.2 | (0.9,5.0) | 1.4 | (0.6,2.9) | 0.5 | (0.2,1.3) |
| Poisoning by inhaling organic hydrocarbon solvents | 1.1 | (0.2,7.5) | 0 | - | 0.5 | (0.1,2.4) |
| Poisoning with pesticides | 1.3 | (0.5,3.4) | 0.7 | (0.3,1.9) | 0.6 | (0.1,2.5) |
| Poisoning with chemical products (e.g., acids, anti-corrosives) | 2.3 | (0.8,6.1) | 0.3 | (0.1,0.6) | 0.5 | (0.2,1.2) |
| Strangling | 5.7 | (3.0,10.6) | 5.1 | (3.1,8.2) | 3.5 | (2.2,5.5) |
| Guns and other arm weapons | 1.6 | (0.3,7.2) | 0.5 | (0.1,3.1) | 0.5 | (0.1,2.0) |
| Burning | 7.9 | (3.5,17.0) | 0.4 | (0.1,1.3) | 0.8 | (0.3,2.0) |
| Sharp objects | 42.4 | (33.8,51.5) | 59.7 | (52.9,66.2) | 79.3 | (75.3,82.8) |
| Jumping from height or in front of a moving vehicle | 2 | (1.1,3.6) | 0.6 | (0.2,1.7) | 1.3 | (0.6,2.8) |
| Other | 6.6 | (3.5,12.1) | 6.8 | (3.6,12.5) | 3.7 | (2.3,6.0) |
| Did not answer | 0.4 | (0.1,1.4) | 2.7 | (1.6,4.4) | ||
| Hospitalization | ||||||
| Yes | 17.8 | (13.0,23.9) | 19.2 | (15.0,24.3) | 8.8 | (6.6,11.5) |
| No | 82.2 | (76.1,87.0) | 80.8 | (75.7,85.0) | 91.2 | (88.5,93.4) |