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Table 3 Filicide in Austria and Finland 1995--2005, crime scene information

From: Filicide in Austria and Finland - A register-based study on all filicide cases in Austria and Finland 1995-2005

 

Austria

n (%)

Finland

n (%)

p

Suicide - committed at crime scene

14 (18)

15 (30)

ns

Suicide - attempted at crime scene

11 (14)

12 (24)

ns

Perpetrator died at the scene

15 (20) a

16 (32) a

ns

Intoxicated at time of the crime

11 (14)

17 (34)

p < 0.01

Method of operation b

   

   -- drowning

12 (17)

3 (6)

ns

   -- suffocation

16 (22)

10 (20)

ns

   -- shooting

6 (8)

10 (20)

ns

   -- battering

4 (5)

4 (8)

ns

  1. All tests Fisher's exact test, two sided
  2. a One perpetrator in both countries died at the scene from delivery-related causes
  3. b Percentages of methods are calculated from case number