Table 2 Number of deaths with row percentages, 1987-2011, by method, sex, and age group.
From: Suicide or undetermined intent? A register-based study of signs of misclassification
Age group | Suicide | Undetermined | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Poisoning | Hanging | Drowning | Jump | Cutting | Firearms | Other | Poisoning | Hanging | Drowning | Jump | Cutting | Firearms | Other |
15-24 | 239 (29%) | 332 (41%) | 30 (4%) | 58 (7%) | 5 (1%) | 17 (2%) | 134 (16%) | 89 (55%) | 4 (2%) | 15 (9%) | 13 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 35 (22%) |
25-44 | 1 236 (46%) | 769 (29%) | 147 (6%) | 170 (6%) | 47 (2%) | 36 (1%) | 263 (10%) | 545 (73%) | 10 (1%) | 70 (9%) | 19 (3%) | 5 (1%) | 6 (1%) | 90 (12%) |
45-64 | 1 648 (49%) | 757 (22%) | 421 (13%) | 183 (5%) | 69 (2%) | 26 (1%) | 262 (9%) | 963 (75%) | 11 (1%) | 160 (12%) | 26 (2%) | 6 (0%) | 2 (0%) | 122 (9%) |
65- | 1 021 (40%) | 563 (22%) | 543 (21%) | 245 (10%) | 44 (2%) | 8 (0%) | 108 (4%) | 375 (53%) | 9 (1%) | 192 (27%) | 43 (6%) | 3 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 90 (13%) |
All | 4 144 (44%) | 2 421 (26%) | 1 141 (12%) | 656 (7%) | 165 (2%) | 87 (1%) | 767 (8%) | 1 972 (68%) | 34 (1%) | 437 (15%) | 101 (3%) | 15 (1%) | 13 (0%) | 337 (12%) |
Men | ||||||||||||||
15-24 | 366 (19%) | 841 (43%) | 35 (2%) | 122 (6%) | 19 (1%) | 316 (16%) | 279 (14%) | 255 (48%) | 16 (3%) | 69 (13%) | 33 (6%) | 8 (1%) | 17 (3%) | 138 (26%) |
25-44 | 2 063 (30%) | 2 644 (38%) | 206 (3%) | 319 (5%) | 209 (3%) | 892 (13%) | 593 (9%) | 1 525 (67%) | 33 (1%) | 221 (10%) | 87 (4%) | 19 (1%) | 32 (1%) | 358 (16%) |
45-64 | 1 988 (26%) | 3 082 (40%) | 318 (4%) | 254 (3%) | 278 (4%) | 1 342 (17%) | 532 (7%) | 1 568 (64%) | 23 (1%) | 342 (14%) | 67 (3%) | 13 (1%) | 20 (1%) | 418 (17%) |
65- | 970 (17%) | 2 377 (41%) | 457 (8%) | 352 (6%) | 215 (4%) | 1 151 (20%) | 223 (4%) | 437 (43%) | 11 (1%) | 277 (27%) | 79 (8%) | 3 (0%) | 6 (1%) | 212 (21%) |
All | 5 387 (24%) | 8 944 (40%) | 1 016 (5%) | 1 047 (5%) | 721 (3%) | 3 701 (16%) | 1 627 (7%) | 3 785 (60%) | 83 (1%) | 909 (14%) | 266 (4%) | 43 (1%) | 75 (1%) | 1 126 (18%) |
Total | ||||||||||||||
15-24 | 605 (22%) | 1 173 (42%) | 65 (2%) | 180 (6%) | 24 (1%) | 333 (12%) | 413 (15%) | 344 (49%) | 20 (3%) | 84 (12%) | 46 (7%) | 9 (1%) | 21 (3%) | 173 (25%) |
25-44 | 3 299 (34%) | 3 413 (36%) | 353 (4%) | 489 (5%) | 256 (3%) | 928 (10%) | 856 (9%) | 2 070 (69%) | 43 (1%) | 291 (10%) | 106 (4%) | 24 (1%) | 38 (1%) | 448 (15%) |
45-64 | 3 636 (33%) | 3 839 (34%) | 739 (7%) | 437 (4%) | 347 (3%) | 1 368 (12%) | 794 (7%) | 2 531 (68%) | 34 (1%) | 502 (13%) | 93 (2%) | 19 (1%) | 22 (1%) | 540 (14%) |
65- | 1 991 (24%) | 2 940 (35%) | 1 140 (14%) | 597 (7%) | 259 (3%) | 1 159 (14%) | 331 (4%) | 812 (47%) | 20 (1%) | 469 (27%) | 122 (7%) | 6 (0%) | 7 (0%) | 302 (17%) |
All | 9 531 (30%) | 11 365 (36%) | 2 157 (7%) | 1 703 (5%) | 886 (2%) | 3 788 (12%) | 2 394 (8%) | 5 757 (63%) | 117 (1%) | 1 346 (15%) | 367 (4%) | 58 (1%) | 88 (1%) | 1 463 (16%) |