Gender differences in suicide attempters: a retrospective study of precipitating factors for suicide attempts at a critical emergency unit in Japan

Table 3 Differences in methods of suicide attempt due to the presence or absence of psychiatric treatment

	Total	Under psychiatric treatment	No psychiatric treatment	Significance
	(N = 184)
		(N = 131)	(N = 62)
Methods of suicide attempt
Drug overdose	101	80*	21	p = 0.000^¶	χ² = 12.479
Jumping from a high place	33	24	9	NS^¶
Cutting	16	7	9	p = 0.031^¶	χ² = 4.657
Poisonous gas	15	7	8	NS^†
Hanging	11	5	6	NS^†
Poisoning	9	3	6	p = 0.032^†
Other methods	11	6	5	NS^†

^¶chi-square test, ^†Fisher’s exact test.
^*53 females (81.5%) and 27 males (75.0%) under psychiatric treatment attempted suicide by drug overdose.

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