ext_368421 ([identity profile] rinku.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] liveonearth 2008-07-15 07:53 pm (UTC)

I was curious and found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide#Suicide_methods

"In countries where firearms are readily available, many suicides involve the use of firearms. Over 52% of suicides that occurred in the United States in 2005 were by firearm. Asphyxiation methods (including hanging) and toxification (poisoning and overdose) are fairly common as well. Both comprised about 40% of suicides in the U.S. during the same time period. Other methods of suicide include blunt force trauma (jumping from a building or bridge, stepping in front of a train, or car collision, for example). Exsanguination or bloodletting (slitting one's wrist or throat), intentional drowning, self-immolation, electrocution, and intentional starvation are other suicide methods."

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