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Table 1 Categories of suicide deaths coded during different periods

From: Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975–2012: age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data

 

Coding periods

 

1975-1996

1997-2001

2002-2010

Number of suicide methods/categories

8

9

15

Suicide methods/categories

Poisoning

  

Hanging

Hanging

Hanging

Jumping in front of train

Jumping in front of train

Jumping in front of train

Drowning

Drowning

Drowning

Burning

Burning

Burning

Shooting

Shooting

Shooting

With sharp cutting instrument

With sharp cutting instrument

With sharp cutting instrument

Other means

Other means

Other means

 

Insecticide/Pesticide poisoning

Insecticide/Pesticide poisoning

 

Acetic Acid Poisoning

 
  

Firearms

  

Explosives

  

Ingestion of acids

  

Medicinal drug overdose

  

Plant Poisoning

  

Jumping from a height

  

Ingestion/injection of addictive drugs