Sex | | | | |
Male | 19 251 | 80 | 71 536 | 40 |
Female | 4943 | 20 | 106 428 | 60 |
Not stated | 0 | | 3 | |
Age | | | | |
0–24 | 4051 | 17 | 53 975 | 30 |
25–44 | 11 134 | 46 | 90 810 | 51 |
45–64 | 5932 | 25 | 27 890 | 16 |
⩾65 | 3071 | 13 | 5281 | 3 |
Missing or other | 6 | | 11 | |
Year | | | | |
1993–94 | 2213 | 9 | 13 683 | 8 |
1994–95 | 2255 | 9 | 15 596 | 9 |
1995–96 | 2417 | 10 | 17 011 | 10 |
1996–97 | 2427 | 10 | 17 083 | 10 |
1997–98 | 2819 | 12 | 17 902 | 10 |
1998–99 | 2508 | 10 | 18 254 | 10 |
1999–00 | 2512 | 10 | 17 869 | 10 |
2000–01 | 2406 | 10 | 20 356 | 11 |
2001–02 | 2365 | 10 | 20 208 | 11 |
2002–03 | 2272 | 9 | 20 005 | 11 |
Method | | | | |
Gases/ vapors | 5110 | 21.12 | 3203 | 2 |
Drugs/ poisons | 3356 | 13.87 | 152 120 | 85 |
Hanging/ suffocation | 9293 | 38.41 | 1855 | 1.04 |
Drowning | 527 | 2.18 | 136 | 0.08 |
Firearms | 3027 | 12.51 | 327 | 0.18 |
Sharp object | 444 | 1.84 | 16 711 | 9.39 |
Jumping from a height | 985 | 4.07 | 658 | 0.37 |
Jumping before moving object | 800 | 3.31 | 219 | 0.12 |
Crash by motor vehicle | 120 | 0.50 | 250 | 0.14 |
Other/ unspecified | 532 | 2.20 | 2488 | 1.40 |
Total | 24 194 | 100 | 177 967 | 100 |