Table 3. Characteristics of suicide attempts by severity among men obtained from information on emergency dispatches in Okayama City and Kibichuo, March–August 2018, 2019, and 2020 (n = 102)^a.

	2018		2019		2020
	(n = 32)		(n = 33)		(n = 37)
	Dead	Others	Dead	Others	Dead	Others
	(n = 6)	(n = 26)	(n = 7)	(n = 26)	(n = 9)	(n = 28)
Age, n (%)
≤14	0 (0)	1 (3.85)	0 (0)	1 (0.85)	0 (0)	0 (0)
15–24	1 (16.67)	1 (3.85)	0 (0)	8 (30.77)	1 (11.11)	2 (7.14)
25–49	2 (33.33)	11 (42.31)	2 (28.57)	8 (30.77)	2 (22.22)	18 (64.29)
50–64	1 (16.67)	11 (42.31)	3 (42.86)	6 (23.08)	2 (22.22)	1 (3.57)
≥65	2 (33.33)	2 (7.69)	2 (28.57)	3 (11.54)	4 (44.44)	7 (25)
Injury form, n (%)
Total	6 (100)	26 (100)	7 (100)	26 (100)	9 (100)	28 (100)
Chemicals	0 (0)	12 (46.15)	0 (0)	10 (38.46)	0 (0)	7 (25)
Firearms, knives, sharp objects, blunt instruments	0 (0)	4 (15.38)	0 (0)	3 (11.54)	1 (11.11)	14 (50.01)
Hanging	5 (83.33)	2 (7.69)	5 (71.43)	4 (15.38)	6 (66.67)	1 (3.57)
Jumping	1 (16.67)	1 (3.85)	1 (14.29)	5 (19.23)	2 (22.22)	2 (7.14)
Drowning	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (7.69)	0 (0)	1 (3.57)
Gas	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (3.85)	0 (0)	2 (7.14)
Others	0 (0)	7 (26.93)	1 (14.29)	1 (3.85)	0 (0)	1 (3.57)
Injury form, age 25–49, n (%)
Total	2 (100)	11 (100)	2 (100)	8 (100)	2 (100)	18 (100)
Chemicals	0 (0)	3 (27.27)	0 (0)	3 (37.5)	0 (0)	5 (27.78)
Firearms, knives, sharp objects, blunt instruments	0 (0)	2 (18.18)	0 (0)	1 (12.5)	0 (0)	9 (50)
Hanging	1 (50)	1 (9.09)	1 (50)	2 (25)	1 (50)	0 (0)
Jumping	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (12.5)	1 (50)	2 (11.11)
Drowning	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (12.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Gas	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (11.11)
Others	0 (0)	5 (45.45)	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

^aThere were missing data for 22 subjects in 2018, 15 subjects in 2019, and 20 subjects in 2020.