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Table 4 Distribution of methods used in suicide death and hospital-treated suicidal behaviour cases

From: Suicide death and hospital-treated suicidal behaviour in asylum seekers in the Netherlands: a national registry-based study

Method used

Suicide death cases (%)*

Hospital-treated suicidal behaviour cases (%)*

Hanging

5 (25.0)

8 (2.9)

Poisoning by drugs

3 (15.0)

203 (72.8)

Moving object

3 (15.0)

3 (1.1)

Poisoning by other means

2 (10.0)

12 (4.3)

Drowning

2 (10.0)

2 (0.7)

Jumping

2 (10.0)

6 (2.2)

Cutting

2 (10.0)

39 (14.0)

Burning

1 (5.0)

6 (2.2)

  1. * as a percentage of the cases for which a method was reported