Table 4 Methods of Suicide and Undetermined Death in Males in Scotland 1981 – 1999 By Time Period
From: Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography
1981 to 1985 | 1986 to 1990 | 1991 to 1995 | 1996 to 1999 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Cause | No. of Deaths | Rate/million | No. of Deaths | Rate/million | No. of Deaths | Rate/million | No. of Deaths | Rate/million | % change from first to last time period |
Solid or liquid substances | 572 | 46 | 594 | 48 | 768 | 62 | 598 | 60 | 30.7 |
Hanging, strangulation and suffocation | 562 | 45 | 630 | 51 | 774 | 62 | 880 | 89 | 96.8 |
Submersion(drowning) | 353 | 28 | 417 | 34 | 358 | 29 | 268 | 27 | -5.1 |
Other gases and vapours | 288 | 23 | 428 | 35 | 448 | 36 | 225 | 23 | -2.3 |
Other, unspecified means | 169 | 14 | 170 | 14 | 226 | 18 | 231 | 23 | 70.9 |
Firearms and explosives | 166 | 13 | 119 | 10 | 114 | 9 | 66 | 7 | -50.3 |
Jumping from high place | 163 | 13 | 176 | 14 | 203 | 16 | 188 | 19 | 44.2 |
Cutting and piercing instruments | 40 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 18.8 |
Gases in domestic use | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 33.4 |
Late effects of injury | 3 | . 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 99.9 |
Total | 2,324 | 187 | 2,587 | 210 | 2,948 | 238 | 2,506 | 252 | 34.8 |