Table 1 Methods of suicide in Kaunas population by gender during the period of 1984–2003
From: Trends in suicide in a Lithuanian urban population over the period 1984–2003
Primary cause and ICD codes | Males | Females | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary cause | ICD-9 | ICD-10 | No of deaths | % | No of deaths | % | No of deaths | % |
Poisoning with solid or liquid substances | E950 | X60–65 | 22 | 1.9 | 35 | 13.2*** | 57 | 4.0 |
Poisoning with solvents, gases, pesticides and vapours | E951–952 | X66–69 | 16 | 1.4 | 8 | 3.0 | 24 | 1.7 |
Hanging, strangulation and suffocation | E953 | X70 | 1024 | 87.4 | 181 | 68.3*** | 1205 | 83.9 |
Drowning and Submersion | E954 | X71 | 8 | .7 | 11 | 4.2** | 19 | 1.3 |
Handgun, rifle, shotgun, larger firearm or unspecified firearm discharge | E955 | X72–75 | 44 | 3.8 | 1 | .4*** | 45 | 3.1 |
Self-harm by smoke, fire, flames, steam, hot vapours, and hot and sharp objects | E956 | X76–79 | 22 | 1.9 | 9 | 3.4 | 31 | 2.2 |
Jumping from a high places | E957 | X80 | 25 | 2.1 | 14 | 5.3* | 39 | 2.7 |
Self-harm by jumping or lying before a moving object, crashing of a motor vehicle or other means | E958–959 | X81–84 | 11 | .9 | 6 | 2.3 | 17 | 1.2 |
Total | E950–959 | X60–84 | 1172 | 100.0 | 265 | 100.0 | 1437 | 100.0 |