Table 1 Descriptive analyses for the total number of suicides according to the sociodemographic and methods
From: Trends of completed suicide rates among Malaysian elderly between 1995 and 2020
Years | No. of suicides | Sex | Age group | Ethnicity | Suicide methods | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | 60–74 | 75–84 | ≥ 85 | Malay | Chinese | Indian | Others | Hanging | Means | Pesticides poisoning | Others | ||
1995 | 67 | 49 (73.1) | 18 (26.9) | 36 (53.7) | 26 (38.8) | 5 (7.5) | 3 (4.5) | 43 (64.2) | 18 (26.9) | 3 (4.5) | 60 (89.6) | 2 (3.0) | 2 (3.0) | 3 (4.5) |
1996 | 47 | 40 (85.1) | 7 (14.9) | 23 (48.9) | 20 (42.6) | 4 (8.5) | 2 (4.3) | 34 (72.3) | 9 (19.2) | 2 (4.3) | 41 (87.2) | 4 (8.5) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) |
1997 | 49 | 37 (75.5) | 12 (24.5) | 25 (51.0) | 19 (38.8) | 5 (10.2) | 2 (4.1) | 35 (71.4) | 11 (22.5) | 1 (2.0) | 40 (81.6) | 3 (6.1) | 1 (2.0) | 5 (10.2) |
1998 | 54 | 38 (70.4) | 16 (29.6) | 29 (53.7) | 18 (33.3) | 7 (13.0) | 3 (5.6) | 41 (75.9) | 10 (18.5) | 0 (0) | 51 (94.4) | 2 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 1(1.9) |
1999 | 45 | 33 (73.3) | 12 (26.7) | 24 (53.3) | 12 (26.7) | 9 (20.0) | 3 (6.7) | 34 (75.6) | 7 (15.6) | 1 (2.2) | 38 (84.4) | 5 (11.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.4) |
2000 | 38 | 29 (76.3) | 9 (23.7) | 28 (73.7) | 6 (15.8) | 4 (10.5) | 4 (10.5) | 24 (63.2) | 9 (23.7) | 1 (2.6) | 33 (86.8) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (2.6) |
2001 | 50 | 38 (76.0) | 12 (24.0) | 31 (62.0) | 13 (26.0) | 6 (12.0) | 1 (2.0) | 35 (70.0) | 14 (28.0) | 0 (0) | 43 (86.0) | 2 (4.0) | 1 (2.0) | 4 (8.0) |
2002 | 46 | 37 (80.4) | 9 (19.6) | 31 (67.4) | 12 (26.1) | 3 (6.5) | 2 (4.4) | 35 (76.1) | 6 (13.0) | 3 (6.5) | 42 (91.3) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.2) |
2003 | 45 | 32 (71.1) | 13 (28.9) | 37 (82.2) | 2 (4.4) | 6 (13.3) | 0 (0) | 37 (82.2) | 7 (15.6) | 1 (2.2) | 43 (95.6) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.2) |
2004 | 56 | 47 (83.9) | 9 (16.1) | 44 (78.6) | 10 (17.9) | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 37 (66.1) | 18 (32.1) | 1 (1.8) | 54 (96.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0) |
2005 | 48 | 39 (81.3) | 9 (18.7) | 39 (81.3) | 7 (14.6) | 2 (4.2) | 1 (2.1) | 35 (72.9) | 11 (22.9) | 1 (2.1) | 46 (95.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) |
2006 | 65 | 46 (70.8) | 19 (29.2) | 48 (73.9) | 9 (13.9) | 8 (12.3) | 5 (7.7) | 42 (64.6) | 15 (23.1) | 3 (4.6) | 61 (93.9) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.6) |
2007 | 59 | 43 (72.9) | 16 (27.1) | 42 (71.2) | 12 (20.3) | 5 (8.5) | 6 (10.1) | 44 (74.6) | 7 (11.9) | 2 (3.4) | 58 (98.3) | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2008 | 66 | 50 (75.8) | 16 (24.2) | 57 (86.4) | 8 (12.1) | 1 (1.5) | 3 (4.6) | 49 (74.2) | 12 (18.2) | 2 (3.4) | 59 (89.4) | 5 (7.6) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0) |
2009 | 49 | 38 (77.6) | 11 (22.4) | 35 (71.4) | 11 (22.5) | 3 (6.1) | 1 (2.0) | 35 (71.4) | 10 (20.4) | 3 (6.1) | 46 (93.9) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (4.1) | 0 (0) |
2010 | 53 | 42 (79.3) | 11 (20.7) | 37 (69.8) | 10 (18.9) | 6 (11.3) | 3 (5.7) | 34 (64.2) | 15 (28.3) | 1 (1.9) | 51 (96.2) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2011 | 50 | 42 (84.0) | 8 (16.0) | 38 (76.0) | 7 (14.0) | 5 (10.0) | 2 (4.0) | 34 (68.0) | 13 (26.0) | 1 (2.0) | 49 (98.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2012 | 53 | 41 (77.4) | 12 (22.6) | 40 (75.5) | 12 (22.6) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 41 (77.4) | 8 (15.1) | 3 (5.7) | 51 (96.2) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) |
2013 | 76 | 53 (69.7) | 23 (30.3) | 53 (69.7) | 17 (22.4) | 6 (7.9) | 2 (2.6) | 60 (79.0) | 9 (11.8) | 5 (6.6) | 73 (96.1) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0) |
2014 | 74 | 55 (74.3) | 19 (257) | 48 (64.9) | 18 (24.3) | 8 (10.8) | 1 (1.4) | 59 (79.7) | 12 (16.2) | 2 (2.7) | 70 (94.6) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.7) |
2015 | 70 | 51 (72.9) | 19 (27.1) | 55 (78.6) | 14 (20.0) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.9) | 53 (75.7) | 13 (18.6) | 2 (2.9) | 70 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2016 | 73 | 62 (84.9) | 11 (15.1) | 51 (69.9) | 18 (24.7) | 4 (5.5) | 3 (4.1) | 56 (76.7) | 10 (13.7) | 4 (5.5) | 72 (98.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) |
2017 | 97 | 70 (72.2) | 27 (27.8) | 72 (74.2) | 21 (21.7) | 4 (4.1) | 3 (3.1) | 68 (70.1) | 25 (25.8) | 1 (1.0) | 97 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2018 | 84 | 62 (73.8) | 22 (26.2) | 55 (65.5) | 22 (26.2) | 7 (8.3) | 4 (4.8) | 58 (69.1) | 20 (23.8) | 2 (2.4) | 84 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2019 | 78 | 59 (75.6) | 19 (24.4) | 59 (75.6) | 17 (21.8) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (2.6) | 60 (76.9) | 13 (16.7) | 3 (3.9) | 77 (98.7) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2020 | 108 | 80 (74.1) | 28 (25.9) | 80 (74.1) | 24 (22.2) | 4 (3.7) | 2 (1.9) | 85 (78.7) | 15 (13.9) | 6 (5.6) | 107 (99.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) |
Total | 1600 | 1213 (75.8) | 387 (24.2) | 1117 (69.8) | 365 (22.8) | 118 (7.4) | 61 (3.8) | 1168 (73.0) | 317 (19.8) | 54 (3.4) | 1516 (94.8) | 39 (2.4) | 19 (1.2) | 26 (1.6) |