Table 1 Method of suicide by leave status
From: Suicide amongst psychiatric in-patients who abscond from the ward: a national clinical survey
| Â | Absconders (n = 469) | Agreed leave (n = 761) | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | N | % | N | % | P-value |
Hanging | 106 | 23% | 253 | 33% | < 0.001 |
Self-poisoning | 31 | 7% | 101 | 13% | < 0.001 |
Carbon monoxide poisoning | 8 | 2% | 27 | 4% | 0.06 |
Drowning | 69 | 15% | 72 | 9% | 0.01 |
Jumping | 228 | 49% | 231 | 30% | < 0.001 |
Other * | 26 | 6% | 75 | 10% | 0.01 |