Percentage of fatal and nonfatal suicide attempts among persons aged ≤17 years, by sex, age group, and method used - Oregon,1988-1993

Method	Nonfatal attempts							Percent fatal attempts^¶, n=124	Percent attempts resulting in death^Δ
	Total attempts		Sex, percent		Age group, years
	Number	Percent	Male, n=726	Female, n=3057	<12, n=1821	13-14, n=1029	15-17, n=2572
Poisoning, drugs	2857	75.5	57.4	79.8	75.3	77.5	74.8	9.7	0.4
Poisoning, solids and liquids	174	4.6	6.6	4	6	5.5	4.1	0.8	0.6
Poisoning, gas	8	0.2	1	0.1	0	0.3	0.2	4	35.7
Suffocation/ hanging	91	2.4	7	1.3	8.2	2.1	2.1	18.5	20.2
Drowning	4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0	0.1	0.2	-	-
Using firearms	23	0.6	2.6	0.2	0	0.6	0.8	63.7	78.2
Cutting/ piercing	421	11.1	16.3	9.9	7.1	9.9	11.9	-	-
Jumping from a high place	23	0.6	1.7	0.3	-	0.5	0.7	-	-
Other^◊	182	4.8	7	4.2	3.3	3.6	5.3	3.2	2.2
Total	3783	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	3.2

* Source: Oregon Adolescent Suicide Attempt Data System.
¶ Source: Oregon death certificate data.
Δ Calculated by dividing the number of fatal attempts in a category by the total number of attempts in that category.
◊ Includes attempts by multiple methods.

Adapted from MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1995; 44:312.

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Percentage of fatal and nonfatal suicide attempts among persons aged ≤17 years, by sex, age group, and method used - Oregon,1988-1993