SUICIDE METHOD VS. GENDER

in India, Sri Lanka and Iran, the majority were females Ahmadi et al. 2008, Laloe Ganesan 2002, Kanchan 2009.

3.2.2 SUICIDE METHOD VS. ETHNICITY

Based on Table 13, the highest numbers of suicide was among the Chinese, followed by Indians and Malays. The most preferred method of suicide among these major ethnic groups was hanging. The second most preferred method among the Malays and Indians was X68 exposure to pesticides, however, among the Chinese the second most preferred method of suicide was X80 jumping from high place. The third common method of committing suicide among the Chinese was X68 exposure to pesticides, for the Malays, it was X78 sharp object, for the Indians X69 exposure to other unspecified chemicals and noxious substances. In this study, suicide by firearm and suicide by jumping or lying before moving object were rare 1.5 in each category. In contrast, the former was the most common method in United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009. Majority of the 35 non-Malaysians and 11 Bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak chose hanging as their preferred method of suicide. The analysis on the method of choice for committing suicide amongst ethnic groups may not reflect the actual situation due to possible error in data collection. Table 5: Distribution of Choice of Suicide Methods verses Ethnicity Suicide Methods Chinese Indian Malay BumiSS’wak Others M Others NM Total N Eth Met N Eth Met N Eth Met N Eth Met N Eth Met N Eth Met N Eth Met X60 0.0 0.0 3 100 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 100 0.9 X61 2 100 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 100 0.6 X63 1 100 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 100 0.3 X64 1 100 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 100 0.3 X66 2 50 0.6 1 25 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 25.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 4 100 1.2 X67 10 83.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 1 8.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1 8.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 12 100 3.6 X68 13 30.2 3.9 19 44.2 5.8 6 14 1.8 3 7.0 0.9 1 2.3 0.3 1 2.3 0.3 43 100 13 X69 10 50.0 3.0 7 35 2.1 2 10 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 5.0 0.3 20 100 6.1 X70 73 41.5 22.1 37 21 11.2 27 15.3 8.2 6 3.4 1.8 9 5.1 2.7 24 13.6 7.3 176 100 53.3 X71 3 50 0.9 0.0 0.0 2 33.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 16.7 0.3 6 100 1.8 X72 0.0 0.0 1 33.3 0.3 1 33.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 33.3 0.3 3 100 0.9 X73 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 100 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 100 0.6 X76 5 71.4 1.5 2 28.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 100 2.1 X78 5 50 1.5 0.0 0.0 3 30 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 20 0.6 10 100 3.0 X80 28 82.4 8.5 1 2.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 14.7 1.5 34 100 10.3 X81 3 60 0.9 0.0 0.0 2 40 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 100 1.5 X84 1 100 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 100 0.3 TOTAL 157 47.6 47.6 71 21.5 21.5 44 13.3 13.3 11 3.3 3.3 12 3.6 3.6 35 10.6 10.6 330 100 100 A person can have multiple methods, hence total exceeds 100