Table 3.

Descriptive characteristics of suicide reporting on social media (n=2366).

Characteristics				Values, n (%)
Suicide event characteristics
	Event (n=2366)
		Suicide attempt	1308 (55.28)
		Suicide death	1058 (44.72)
	Site (n=1588)
		Urban area	1454 (91.56)
		Rural area	134 (8.44)
	Method (n=2195)
		Jumping off building	884 (40.27)
		Jumping into river	391 (17.81)
		Other way	212 (9.66)
		Drink pesticide	172 (7.84)
		Jumping off bridge	165 (7.52)
		Hanging	119 (5.42)
		Taking medicine	94 (4.28)
		Wrist cutting	60 (2.73)
		Charcoal burning	58 (2.64)
		Multiples ways	40 (1.82)
	Attribution (factor) as stated in media reports (n=1823)
		Family conflict	446 (24.47)
		Emotional frustration	295 (16.18)
		Financial difficulty	199 (10.92)
		Interpersonal conflict	196 (10.75)
		Mental disorder	172 (9.43)
		Study or work pressure	168 (9.22)
		Other cause	157 (8.61)
		Avoid responsibility	60 (3.29)
		Physical disease	55 (3.02)
		Loneliness or solitude	42 (2.30)
		Multiple factors	33 (1.81)
Demographic characteristics
	Gender (n=2326)
		Male	1117 (48.02)
		Female	1096 (47.12)
		Group suicidal event	113 (4.86)
	Age group (years; n=1446)
		Youth (19 to 35)	730 (50.48)
		Juvenile (below 18)	424 (29.32)
		Middle-age (36 to 65)	174 (12.03)
		Older adults (over 65)	118 (8.16)
	Marital status (n=1292)
		Unmarried	927 (71.75)
		Married	324 (25.08)
		Divorced	31 (2.40)
		Widowed	10 (0.77)
	Economic activity status (n=1062)
		Student	593 (55.84)
		Economically active–employed	364 (34.27)
		Economically inactive	60 (5.65)
		Economically active–unemployed	45 (4.24)