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Table 1 Characteristics of Kuwaiti Suicide Decedents, 2003–2009

From: Patterns of Suicide in Kuwait: a retrospective descriptive study from 2003–2009

Number (%) of total number of suicides

Category

13(4)

Jump from Height

18(5)

Firearm

49(14)

Poisoning

58(17)

Sharp Objects

209(60)

Hanging

242(70)

Male

105(30)

Female

44(13)

Kuwaiti

303(87)

Non-Kuwaiti

169(49)

Married

178(51)

Non-Married

171(49)

Muslim

176(51)

Non-Muslim

54(16)

Jahra

137(39)

Farwaniyah

36(10)

Hawally

68(20)

Ahmady

14(4)

Mubarak AL-Kabeer

38(11)

Capital