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Table 3 Changes in method-specific suicide death rates by sex and age between 1983 and 1993 in Taiwan

From: Trends in solids/liquids poisoning suicide rates in Taiwan: a test of the substitution hypothesis

 

Male

Female

 

1983

1993

Rate Difference

1983

1993

Rate Difference

 

Rate

N

Rate

N

 

Rate

N

Rate

N

 

15-24 y/o

          

   Poisona

7.18

(147)

1.9

(36)

-5.32

7.57

(149)

1.03

(19)

-6.55

   Hangingb

2.03

(41)

2.6

(51)

0.61

0.73

(15)

1.03

(19)

0.3

   Othersc

1.52

(32)

1.8

(35)

0.27

0.47

(9)

0.8

(15)

0.33

   Overall

10.7

(220)

6.3

(122)

-4.44

8.77

(173)

2.86

(53)

-5.92

25-44 y/o

          

   Poisona

10.5

(268)

3.1

(111)

-7.39

9.05

(235)

2.61

(88)

-6.44

   Hangingb

3.91

(102)

4.5

(163)

0.597

2.3

(57)

2.58

(91)

0.28

   Othersc

1.39

(38)

2

(74)

0.625

1.04

(27)

1.18

(40)

0.14

   Overall

15.8

(408)

9.7

(348)

-6.17

12.4

(319)

6.36

(219)

-6.03

45-64 y/o

          

   Poisona

15.8

(255)

5

(84)

-10.9

9.43

(117)

2.98

(49)

-6.45

   Hangingb

13.1

(214)

7.3

(125)

-5.8

4.09

(52)

3.7

(60)

-0.39

   Othersc

1.67

(28)

3

(52)

1.33

1

(12)

0.81

(13)

-0.19

   Overall

30.6

(497)

15

(261)

-15.4

14.5

(181)

7.5

(122)

-7.02

65 above

          

   Poisona

24.5

(109)

7.3

(60)

-17.2

20.8

(89)

5.26

(37)

-15.56

   Hangingb

33.9

(148)

21

(174)

-12.4

17.1

(75)

10.4

(73)

-6.69

   Othersc

4

(19)

5.1

(43)

1.084

1.52

(6)

1.57

(10)

0.05

   Overall

62.4

(276)

34

(277)

-28.6

39.5

(170)

17.3

(120)

-22.2

Total

          

   Poisona

12.6

(779)

3.7

(291)

-8.84

9.99

(590)

2.59

(193)

-7.4

   Hangingb

9.01

(505)

6.5

(513)

-2.48

3.91

(199)

3.3

(243)

-0.61

   Othersc

1.77

(117)

2.5

(204)

0.778

0.94

(54)

1.02

(78)

0.09

   Overall

23.4

(1401)

13

(1008)

-10.5

14.8

(843)

6.92

(514)

-7.91

  1. a Poisoning by solid or liquid substances
  2. b Hanging, strangulation and suffocation
  3. c Others including poisoning by gases, drowning, firearms, cutting and piercing, jumping/falling from high places, other and unspecified means and late effects of injury
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