Table 2 Breakdown of suicides by methodology of act, within 5 years of a cancer diagnosis made between 1981 and 1995 (i.e. 1981–2000) and in the (unmatched) general Scottish population between 1981 and 2000
Scottish population | Cancer cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of suicide | n | % | n | % |
Solids or liquids | 3261 | 28.5 | 42 | 32.1 |
Analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics | 1157 | 10.1 | 17 | 13 |
Tranquillizers and other psychotropics | 1027 | 9.0 | 12 | 9.2 |
Other | 1077 | 9.4 | 13 | 9.9 |
Gases | 1604 | 14.0 | 17 | 13 |
Hanging | 3644 | 31.8 | 22 | 16.8 |
Drowning | 1010 | 8.8 | 19 | 14.5 |
Firearms | 456 | 4.0 | 7 | 5.3 |
Cutting | 167 | 1.5 | 6 | 4.6 |
Jumping | 730 | 6.4 | 13 | 9.9 |
Other/unspecified | 578 | 5.0 | 5 | 3.8 |
Total | 11 450 | 100 | 131 | 100 |
