Table 4. Characteristics of suicide attempts by severity among women obtained from information on emergency dispatches in Okayama City and Kibichuo, March–August 2018, 2019, and 2020 (n = 263)^a.

	2018		2019		2020
	(n = 82)		(n = 74)		(n = 107)
	Dead	Others	Dead	Others	Dead	Others
	(n = 7)	(n = 75)	(n = 6)	(n = 68)	(n = 4)	(n = 103)
Age, n (%)
≤14	1 (14.29)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (25)	1 (0.97)
15–24	0 (0)	15 (20)	2 (33.33)	16 (23.53)	0 (0)	21 (20.39)
25–49	3 (42.86)	32 (42.67)	4 (66.67)	36 (52.94)	1 (25)	61 (59.22)
50–64	1 (14.29)	18 (24)	0 (0)	9 (13.24)	0 (0)	11 (10.68)
≥65	2 (28.57)	10 (13.33)	0 (0)	7 (10.29)	2 (50)	9 (8.74)
Injury form, n (%)
Total	7 (100)	75 (100)	6 (100)	68 (100)	4 (100)	103 (100)
Chemicals	0 (0)	45 (60)	0 (0)	37 (54.41)	0 (0)	64 (62.14)
Firearms, knives, sharp objects, blunt instruments	0 (0)	17 (22.67)	2 (33.33)	16 (23.53)	0 (0)	18 (17.48)
Hanging	6 (85.71)	3 (4)	2 (33.33)	5 (7.35)	4 (100)	5 (4.85)
Jumping	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (33.33)	4 (5.88)	0 (0)	3 (2.91)
Drowning	0 (0)	1 (1.33)	0 (0)	1 (1.47)	0 (0)	3 (2.91)
Gas	1 (14.29)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Others	0 (0)	9 (12)	0 (0)	5 (7.36)	0 (0)	10 (9.71)
Injury form, age 25–49, n (%)
Total	3 (100)	32 (100)	4 (100)	36 (100)	1 (100)	61 (100)
Chemicals	0 (0)	22 (68.75)	0 (0)	20 (50)	0 (0)	38 (67.21)
Firearms, knives, sharp objects, blunt instruments	0 (0)	5 (15.63)	2 (50)	8 (33.33)	0 (0)	14 (22.95)
Hanging	2 (66.67)	1 (3.13)	1 (25)	4 (5.56)	1 (100)	1 (1.64)
Jumping	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (25)	1 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Drowning	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Gas	1 (33.33)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Others	0 (0)	4 (12.49)	0 (0)	3 (11.11)	0 (0)	5 (8.2)

^aThere were missing data for 13 subjects in 2018, 13 subjects in 2019, and 19 subjects in 2020.