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Table 3 Lethality of self-inflicted injuries by sex and means

From: Characteristics and outcomes of emergency patients with self-inflicted injuries: a report from ambulance records in Osaka City, Japan

 

Total*

Men

Women

P Values†

 

Fatal

Total

% (Fatal/Total)

Fatal

Total

% (Fatal/Total)

Fatal

Total

% (Fatal/Total)

Poisoning by sleeping pill or tranquilizer

8

2958

(0.3)

4

766

(0.5)

4

2192

(0.2)

0.217

Poisoning by Other drug

4

1431

(0.3)

3

381

(0.8)

1

1050

(0.1)

0.061

Poisoning by CO

54

96

(56.3)

36

64

(56.3)

18

32

(56.3)

1.000

Poisoning by Other gas

57

117

(48.7)

38

72

(52.8)

19

45

(42.2)

0.616

Cutting and/or piercing wrist or arm

4

2187

(0.2)

2

513

(0.4)

2

1674

(0.1)

0.237

Cutting and/or piercing other part

20

491

(4.1)

16

242

(6.6)

4

249

(1.6)

0.010

Hanging

1117

1461

(76.5)

836

1010

(82.8)

281

451

(62.3)

0.002

Jumping

246

526

(46.8)

126

245

(51.4)

120

281

(42.7)

0.246

Drowning

16

100

(16.0)

14

47

(29.8)

2

53

(3.8)

0.003

  1. CO carbon monoxide
  2. *Total = men + women
  3. †The lethality was compared by sex