Table 2.
Suicide means by age group and sex (%).
| All (N = 17,917) | 65–74 years (N = 9,797) | 75–84 years (N = 5,592) | 85+ years (N = 2,528) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n = 14,856 | Female n = 3,061 | Male n = 7,770 | Female n = 2,027 | Male n = 4,852 | Female n = 750 | Male n = 2,234 | Female n = 294 | |
| Firearm | 75.2 | 33.7 | 70.2 | 33.9 | 88.8 | 35.0 | 80.3 | 28.2 |
| Hanging/suffocation | 11.6 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 8.6 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 19.4 |
| Poisoning | 7.6 | 40.8 | 9.0 | 41.0 | 5.9 | 39.6 | 6.3 | 43.2 |
| Other1 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 9.2 |
| Sex difference: p-value (Pearson χ2) | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||
1
Including sharp or blunt object (2.2% of all decedents); jump from a high place (1.7%); drowning (0.9%); blunt force from moving vehicle/train/other (0.8%); smoke/fire/flame/electrocution/hypothermia (0.4%); medical device discontinuation (0.03%); intentional starvation/dehydration (0.01%); unspecified (0.2%); and other means (0.06%).