The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008

Lin, Jin-Jia; Chang, Shu-Sen; Lu, Tsung-Hsueh

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-480

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Number of deaths (No) and percentage (%) of three most commonly used methods of suicide in each city/county in Taiwan, 2002-04 and 2006-08 (the leading method of suicide in each city/county is highlighted)

From: The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008

		Hanging		Charcoal burning		Pesticides		All suicide
City/county	Year	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Taiwan	2002-04	3800	31	2309	19	1785	15	12173	100
	2006-08	4280	30	4110	29	1651	12	14248	100
North
Taipei City	2002-04	358	31	240	21	39	3	1169	100
	2006-08	388	30	394	30	23	2	1304	100
Keelung City	2002-04	97	31	68	22	24	8	316	100
	2006-08	107	30	121	33	13	4	362	100
Hsinchu City	2002-04	66	36	45	25	17	9	183	100
	2006-08	57	28	75	36	10	5	206	100
Taipei County	2002-04	573	31	478	26	115	6	1865	100
	2006-08	731	31	794	33	82	3	2391	100
Taoyuan County	2002-04	303	31	233	23	151	15	993	100
	2006-08	303	27	367	33	118	11	1104	100
Hsinchu County	2002-04	62	30	33	16	54	26	205	100
	2006-08	82	27	96	31	69	22	307	100
Yilan County	2002-04	90	30	35	12	97	33	297	100
	2006-08	99	31	74	23	80	25	323	100
Middle
Taichung City	2002-04	146	28	141	27	37	7	514	100
	2006-08	163	28	214	36	21	4	591	100
Miaoli County	2002-04	95	30	43	14	87	27	318	100
	2006-08	115	31	84	23	97	26	371	100
Taichung County	2002-04	238	30	166	21	138	17	802	100
	2006-08	278	28	302	31	132	13	983	100
Nantou County	2002-04	101	29	41	12	141	40	353	100
	2006-08	114	27	104	25	126	30	419	100
Changhua County	2002-04	191	30	113	18	102	16	628	100
	2006-08	221	30	174	23	146	20	742	100
Yunlin County	2002-04	142	32	58	13	140	32	444	100
	2006-08	150	29	112	22	132	26	509	100
South
Kaohsiung City	2002-04	256	29	176	20	22	3	868	100
	2006-08	277	28	323	32	26	3	998	100
Tainan City	2002-04	154	41	66	17	18	5	380	100
	2006-08	147	33	159	35	11	2	450	100
Chiayi City	2002-04	51	37	28	20	12	9	139	100
	2006-08	49	32	35	23	6	4	154	100
Chiayi County	2002-04	100	32	41	13	89	28	314	100
	2006-08	106	27	67	17	115	30	389	100
Tainan County	2002-04	245	37	85	13	128	20	654	100
	2006-08	245	34	178	25	103	14	712	100
Kaohsiung County	2002-04	228	32	113	16	90	13	710	100
	2006-08	276	34	219	27	92	11	819	100
Pingtung County	2002-04	140	27	49	9	154	30	520	100
	2006-08	179	30	123	21	139	23	592	100
East
Hualien County	2002-04	94	34	29	11	76	28	276	100
	2006-08	98	33	62	21	68	23	293	100
Taitung County	2002-04	41	24	19	11	52	31	168	100
	2006-08	60	38	22	14	40	25	157	100

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