Table 1 Distribution of suicide methods according to age groups
From: A descriptive study of female suicide deaths from 2005 to 2011 in Van city, Turkey
Age Groups | Suicide Methods | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hanging | Firearm injury | Insecticide intoxication | Fall from a height | Firearm injury and Stabbing | Total | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
15 and below | 6 | 9.1 % | 2 | 3.0 % | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | – | – | 9 | 13.6 % |
16–20 | 20 | 30.3 % | 9 | 13.6 % | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % | 30 | 45.5 % |
21–25 | 6 | 9.1 % | 3 | 4.5 % | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 13.6 % |
26–30 | 5 | 7.6 % | 2 | 3.0 % | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 10.6 % |
31–35 | 4 | 6.1 % | – | – | 2 | 3.0 % | – | – | – | – | 6 | 9.1 % |
36–40 | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % |
41–45 | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | 2 | 3.0 % |
46–50 | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % |
51 and over | 1 | 1.5 % | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.5 % |
Total | 44 | 66.7 % | 17 | 25.8 % | 3 | 4.5 % | 1 | 1.5 % | 1 | 1.5 % | 66 | 100.0 % |