Overall | Method used in suicide | |||||||||
Firearms | Hanging | Drug poisoning | Other | |||||||
n | Prop (%) | n | Prop (%) | n | Prop (%) | n | Prop (%) | n | Prop (%) | |
Overall | 1182 | 591 | 290 | 199 | 102 | |||||
Demographics | ||||||||||
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 886 | 75.0 | 519 | 87.8 | 212 | 73.1 | 75 | 37.7 | 80 | 78.4 |
Age | ||||||||||
<18 | 77 | 6.5 | 35 | 5.9 | 37 | 12.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 2.9 |
18–29 | 250 | 21.2 | 129 | 21.8 | 71 | 24.5 | 26 | 13.1 | 24 | 23.5 |
30–44 | 360 | 30.5 | 151 | 25.6 | 103 | 35.5 | 63 | 31.7 | 43 | 42.2 |
45–59 | 297 | 25.1 | 150 | 25.4 | 56 | 19.3 | 70 | 35.2 | 21 | 20.6 |
≥60 | 198 | 16.7 | 126 | 21.3 | 23 | 7.9 | 38 | 19.1 | 11 | 10.8 |
Race/ethnicity* | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic white | 1062 | 90.0 | 564 | 95.4 | 230 | 79.9 | 183 | 92.0 | 85 | 83.3 |
Non-Hispanic other | 57 | 4.8 | 12 | 2.0 | 28 | 9.7 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 7.8 |
Hispanic | 61 | 5.2 | 15 | 2.5 | 30 | 10.4 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 8.8 |
Three-year hospital visit history | ||||||||||
Seen for deliberate self-harm | 161 | 13.6 | 46 | 7.8 | 43 | 14.8 | 52 | 26.1 | 20 | 19.6 |
Seen for deliberate self-harm by method† | ||||||||||
Firearm | 10 | 6.2 | 9 | 19.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Suffocation | 21 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 39.5 | 3 | 5.8 | 1 | 5.0 |
Drug poisoning | 98 | 60.9 | 21 | 45.7 | 17 | 39.5 | 44 | 84.6 | 16 | 80.0 |
Sharps | 39 | 24.2 | 15 | 32.6 | 11 | 25.6 | 10 | 19.2 | 3 | 15.0 |
Other | 23 | 14.3 | 3 | 6.5 | 10 | 23.3 | 5 | 9.6 | 5 | 25.0 |
Seen for suicidal ideation | 220 | 18.6 | 73 | 12.4 | 58 | 20.0 | 54 | 27.1 | 35 | 34.3 |
Seen for deliberate self-harm and/or suicidal ideation | 281 | 23.8 | 94 | 15.9 | 75 | 25.9 | 74 | 37.2 | 38 | 37.3 |
Seen for mental health | 457 | 38.7 | 183 | 31.0 | 109 | 37.6 | 115 | 57.8 | 50 | 49.0 |
Seen for substance abuse | 396 | 33.5 | 165 | 27.9 | 95 | 32.8 | 97 | 48.7 | 39 | 38.2 |
Seen for behavioural health issue‡ | 580 | 49.1 | 241 | 40.8 | 141 | 48.6 | 139 | 69.9 | 59 | 57.8 |
Seen for only non-behavioural health issue | 200 | 16.9 | 118 | 20.0 | 48 | 16.6 | 25 | 33.3 | 9 | 11.3 |
Seen for any reason (last 3 years) | 780 | 66.0 | 359 | 60.7 | 189 | 65.2 | 164 | 82.4 | 68 | 66.7 |
*Missing race for two decedents.
†Percentages among those with deliberate self-harm history.
‡Behavioural health issue includes deliberate self-harm/suicidal ideation/mental health/substance abuse.
Prop, proportion.