Table 2 Methods of suicide in males in Kaunas during the period of 1984–2003 by time period
From: Trends in suicide in a Lithuanian urban population over the period 1984–2003
Primary cause and ICD codes | 1984–1993 | 1994–2003 | 1984–2003 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary cause | ICD-9 | ICD-10 | No of deaths | %1 | No of deaths | %1 | %2 | No of deaths | %1 |
Poisoning with solid or liquid substances | E950 | X60–65 | 18 | 3.8 | 4 | .6 | -84.2 | 22 | 1.9 |
Poisoning with solvents, gases, pesticides and vapours | E951–952 | X66–69 | 3 | .6 | 13 | 1.9 | 216.7 | 16 | 1.4 |
Hanging, strangulation and suffocation | E953 | X70 | 398 | 83.9 | 626 | 89.7 | 6.9 | 1024 | 87.4 |
Drowning and submersion | E954 | X71 | 4 | .8 | 4 | .6 | -2.5 | 8 | .7 |
Handgun, rifle, shotgun, larger firearm or unspecified firearm discharge | E955 | X72–75 | 15 | 3.3 | 29 | 4.1 | 24.2 | 44 | 3.7 |
Self-harm by smoke, fire, flames, steam, hot vapours, and hot and sharp objects | E956 | X76–79 | 9 | 1.9 | 13 | 1.8 | -5.3 | 22 | 1.9 |
Jumping from a high places | E957 | X80 | 18 | 3.8 | 7 | 1.0 | -73.7 | 25 | 2.1 |
Self-harm by jumping or lying before a moving object, crashing of a motor vehicle or other means | E958–959 | X81–84 | 9 | 1.9 | 2 | .3 | -84.2 | 11 | .9 |
Total | E950–959 | X60–84 | 474 | 100.0 | 698 | 100.0 | 1172 | 100.0 | |