Table 9 Suicide by method. 1976-2002

9	Suicide by method. 1976-2002

Method	Number¹

	Males												Females
	1976- 1980	1981- 1985	1986- 1990	1991- 1995	1996-2000	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	1976- 1980	1981- 1985	1986- 1990	1991- 1995	1996-2000	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

Total	345	424	477	437	403	389	387	399	430	409	411	362	128	153	174	155	142	128	146	149	153	132	138	132

Poison	81	90	102	89	71	62	77	86	74	55	74	63	56	64	75	58	50	54	42	52	64	38	50	56

Hanging	98	123	136	132	148	141	116	150	156	177	154	148	28	36	38	40	45	38	51	45	47	46	37	43

Drowning	21	28	24	22	19	19	25	13	20	17	25	16	22	32	29	30	21	17	26	23	24	17	17	15

Firearms	116	147	176	154	115	128	126	98	116	107	100	87	4	5	7	7	3	2	3	4	1	3	4	3

Cutting or piercing instruments	9	11	13	9	10	13	11	10	6	10	7	9	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	1	6	6	4

Jumping from high place	11	17	14	14	18	15	14	20	22	18	22	19	9	9	13	12	10	5	13	11	9	14	10	6

Other or unknown	9	8	12	16	22	11	18	22	36	25	29	20	6	4	8	6	9	9	9	11	7	8	14	5

¹	Annual average for the five-year period.