Table 5 Methods of Suicide and Undetermined Death in Females 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 | 601 | 45 | 577 | 44 | 570 | 43 | 452 | 43 | -4.8 |
Submersion(drowning) | 248 | 19 | 159 | 12 | 132 | 10 | 90 | 9 | -54.1 |
Hanging, strangulation and suffocation | 127 | 10 | 95 | 7 | 134 | 10 | 154 | 15 | 53.5 |
Jumping from high place | 89 | 7 | 77 | 6 | 67 | 5 | 49 | 5 | -30.3 |
Other, unspecified means | 60 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 83 | 8 | 75.1 |
Other gases and vapours | 31 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 22.5 |
Firearms and explosives | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.4 | -68.9 |
Cutting and piercing instruments | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -25.0 |
Late effects of injury | 2 | 0.4 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
Gases in domestic use | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.4 | - | - | - |
Total | 1,180 | 88 | 1,030 | 78 | 1,058 | 80 | 869 | 82 | -6.8 |