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Table 3 Methods of suicide in females 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

26

22.6

9

6.0

-73.5

35

13.2

Poisoning with solvents, gases, pesticides and vapours

E951–952

X66–69

1

.9

7

4.7

422.2

8

3.0

Hanging, strangulation and suffocation

E953

X70

67

58.3

114

76.0

30.4

181

68.3

Drowning and submersion

E954

X71

2

1.7

9

6.0

252.9

11

4.1

Handgun, rifle, shotgun, larger firearm or unspecified firearm discharge

E955

X72–75

0

0

1

.6

-

1

.4

Self-harm by smoke, fire, flames, steam, hot vapours, and hot and sharp objects

E956

X76–79

5

4.3

4

2.7

-37.2

9

3.4

Jumping from a high places

E957

X80

8

7.0

6

4.0

-42.9

14

5.3

Self-harm by jumping or lying before a moving object, crashing of a motor vehicle or other means

E958–959

X81–84

6

5.2

0

0

-100.0

6

2.3

Total

E950–959

X60–84

115

100.0

150

12.9

 

265

100.0

  1. 1 % – proportion (%);
  2. 2 % – % change from the first to the second time period;