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Suicide

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The leading method of suicide varies among countries. The leading methods in different regions include [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]], [[pesticide poisoning]], and firearms.{{cite journal | vauthors = Ajdacic-Gross V, Weiss MG, Ring M, Hepp U, Bopp M, Gutzwiller F, Rössler W | title = Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database | journal = Bulletin of the World Health Organization | volume = 86 | issue = 9 | pages = 726–32 | date = September 2008 | pmid = 18797649 | pmc = 2649482 | doi = 10.2471/BLT.07.043489 }} These differences are believed to be in part due to availability of the different methods. A review of 56 countries found that hanging was the most common method in most of the countries, accounting for 53% of male suicides and 39% of female suicides.{{cite book | veditors = O'Connor RC, Platt S, Gordon J |title=International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fDGLWQtwFkC&pg=PA34 |date=1 June 2011 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-1-119-99856-3 |page=34 }}
The leading method of suicide varies among countries. The leading methods in different regions include [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]], [[pesticide poisoning]], and [[Suicide by firearm|firearms]].{{cite journal | vauthors = Ajdacic-Gross V, Weiss MG, Ring M, Hepp U, Bopp M, Gutzwiller F, Rössler W | title = Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database | journal = Bulletin of the World Health Organization | volume = 86 | issue = 9 | pages = 726–32 | date = September 2008 | pmid = 18797649 | pmc = 2649482 | doi = 10.2471/BLT.07.043489 }} These differences are believed to be in part due to availability of the different methods. A review of 56 countries found that hanging was the most common method in most of the countries, accounting for 53% of male suicides and 39% of female suicides.{{cite book | veditors = O'Connor RC, Platt S, Gordon J |title=International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fDGLWQtwFkC&pg=PA34 |date=1 June 2011 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-1-119-99856-3 |page=34 }}


Worldwide, 30% of suicides are estimated to occur from pesticide poisoning, most of which occur in the developing world. The use of this method varies markedly from 4% in Europe to more than 50% in the Pacific region.{{cite journal | vauthors = Gunnell D, Eddleston M, Phillips MR, Konradsen F | title = The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: systematic review | journal = BMC Public Health | volume = 7 | article-number = 357 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 18154668 | pmc = 2262093 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2458-7-357 | doi-access = free }} It is also common in [[Latin America]] due to the ease of access within the farming populations. In many countries, drug overdoses account for approximately 60% of suicides among women and 30% among men.{{cite book | vauthors = Geddes J, Price J, McKnight R, Gelder M, Mayou R |title=Psychiatry|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-923396-0|page=62|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4THKWvbAPEC&pg=PA62|edition=4th|date=5 January 2012 }} Many are unplanned and occur during an acute period of [[ambivalence]]. The death rate varies by method: firearms 80–90%, drowning 65–80%, hanging 60–85%, [[Suicide by jumping from height|jumping]] 35–60%, [[Charcoal-burning suicide|charcoal burning]] 40–50%, pesticides 60–75%, and medication overdose 1.5–4.0%. The most common attempted methods of suicide differ from the most common methods of completion; up to 85% of attempts are via drug overdose in the developed world.
Worldwide, 30% of suicides are estimated to occur from pesticide poisoning, most of which occur in the developing world. The use of this method varies markedly from 4% in Europe to more than 50% in the Pacific region.{{cite journal | vauthors = Gunnell D, Eddleston M, Phillips MR, Konradsen F | title = The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: systematic review | journal = BMC Public Health | volume = 7 | article-number = 357 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 18154668 | pmc = 2262093 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2458-7-357 | doi-access = free }} It is also common in [[Latin America]] due to the ease of access within the farming populations. In many countries, drug overdoses account for approximately 60% of suicides among women and 30% among men.{{cite book | vauthors = Geddes J, Price J, McKnight R, Gelder M, Mayou R |title=Psychiatry|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-923396-0|page=62|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4THKWvbAPEC&pg=PA62|edition=4th|date=5 January 2012 }} Many are unplanned and occur during an acute period of [[ambivalence]]. The death rate varies by method: firearms 80–90%, drowning 65–80%, hanging 60–85%, [[Suicide by jumping from height|jumping]] 35–60%, [[Charcoal-burning suicide|charcoal burning]] 40–50%, pesticides 60–75%, and medication overdose 1.5–4.0%. The most common attempted methods of suicide differ from the most common methods of completion; up to 85% of attempts are via drug overdose in the developed world.
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