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  1. <text id=93AC0466>
  2. <title>
  3. Suicides, by Sex & Method Used:1970-91
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7. Vital Statistics                                     
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Suicides, by Sex & Method Used: 1970-1991
  13. </hdr><body>
  14. <table>
  15. <tblhdr><cell>Method<cell type=i>1970<cell type=i>1975<cell type=i>1980<cell type=i>1985<cell type=i>1990<cell type=i>1991
  16. <row><cell type=a>MALE<cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i>
  17. <row><cell>Total<cell>16,629<cell>19,622<cell>20,505<cell>23,145<cell>24,724<cell>24,769
  18. <row><cell>Firearms(1)<cell>9,704<cell>12,185<cell>12,937<cell>14,809<cell>16,285<cell>16,120
  19. <row><cell>Percent of total<cell>58.4<cell>62.1<cell>63.1<cell>64.0<cell>66.0<cell>65
  20. <row><cell>Poisoning(2)<cell>3,299<cell>3,297<cell>2,997<cell>3,319<cell>3,221<cell>3,316
  21. <row><cell>Hanging & strangulation(3)<cell>2,422<cell>2,815<cell>2,997<cell>3,522<cell>3,688<cell>3,751
  22. <row><cell>Other(4)<cell>1,204<cell>1,325<cell>1,574<cell>1,485<cell>1,530<cell>1,582
  23. <row><cell>FEMALE<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  24. <row><cell>Total<cell>6,851<cell>7,441<cell>6,364<cell>6,308<cell>6,182<cell>6,041
  25. <row><cell>Firearms(1)<cell>2,068<cell>2,688<cell>2,459<cell>2,554<cell>2,600<cell>2,406
  26. <row><cell>Percent of total<cell>30.2<cell>36.1<cell>38.6<cell>40.5<cell>42.1<cell>40
  27. <row><cell>Poisoning(2)<cell>3,285<cell>3,129<cell>2,456<cell>2,385<cell>2,203<cell>2,228
  28. <row><cell>Hanging & strangulation(3)<cell>831<cell>846<cell>694<cell>732<cell>756<cell>810
  29. <row><cell>Other(4)<cell>667<cell>778<cell>755<cell>637<cell>623<cell>597
  30. </table>
  31. <list>
  32. <item>1. Includes explosives through 1975.
  33. <item>2. Includes solids, liquids, and gases.
  34. <item>3. Includes suffocation.
  35. <item>4. Beginning 1980, includes explosives.
  36. </list>
  37. <p>Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
  38. </p>
  39. </body>
  40. </article>
  41. </text>
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