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Table 2 Methods of attempted suicide and suicide in conscription cohort

From: Violent and non-violent methods of attempted and completed suicide in Swedish young men: the role of early risk factors

Suicide methods

Index attempt

Suicide

N = 1195

N = 615

N (%)

N (%)

Non-violent method

  

Poisoning

931(77.9)

278(45.2)

Violent methods

  

Hanging, strangulation/suffocation

37(3.1)

149(24.3)

Drowning

8(0.7)

41(6.7)

Firearm

18(1.5)

69(11.2)

Cutting or piercing

94(7.9)

16(2.6)

Jumping from a height

25(2.1)

27(4.4)

Traffic

1(0.08)

22(3.6)

Other violent methods

81(6.8)

13(2.1)