Cross-tabulation with demographic characteristics and methods of suicide
| Variables | Total | Hanging (n=160) | Poisoning (n=106) | Others* (n=63) | Statistics | P value |
| Age in years (mean (SD)) | 36.11 (15.51) | 38.94 (16.93) | 29.80 (12.22) | 39.62 (13.33) | F=12.006 | <0.001 |
| Gender (n=329) | χ2=7.792 | 0.020 | ||||
| Male | 262 (79.6) | 133 (50.8) | 75 (28.6) | 54 (20.6) | ||
| Female | 67 (20.4) | 27 (40.3) | 31 (46.3) | 9 (13.4) | ||
| Marital status (n=318) | χ2=12.033 | 0.017 | ||||
| Married | 164 (51.6) | 88 (57.5) | 40 (38.5) | 36 (59.0) | ||
| Unmarried | 144 (45.3) | 59 (38.6) | 61 (58.7) | 24 (39.3) | ||
| Separated/divorced | 10 (3.1) | 6 (3.9) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (1.6) | ||
| Habitat (n=330) | χ2=12.081 | 0.017 | ||||
| Urban | 124 (40.0) | 51 (41.1) | 38 (30.6) | 35 (28.2) | ||
| Semi-urban | 127 (41.0) | 71 (55.9) | 40 (31.5) | 16 (12.6) | ||
| Rural | 59 (19.0) | 34 (57.6) | 15 (25.4) | 10 (16.9) | ||
| Social class (n=300) | χ2=4.019 | 0.403 | ||||
| High | 44 (14.7) | 22 (50.0) | 12 (27.3) | 10 (22.7) | ||
| Average | 156 (52.0) | 71 (45.5) | 51 (32.7) | 34 (21.8) | ||
| Low | 100 (33.3) | 53 (53.0) | 34 (34.0) | 13 (13.0) | ||
| Occupation (n=273) | χ2=36.022 | <0.001 | ||||
| Student | 96 (35.2) | 37 (38.5) | 51 (53.1) | 8 (8.3) | ||
| Business | 34 (12.5) | 20 (58.8) | 8 (23.5) | 6 (17.6) | ||
| Artisan | 25 (9.2) | 18 (72.0) | 5 (20.0) | 2 (8.0) | ||
| Civil servant | 26 (9.5) | 14 (53.8) | 4 (15.4) | 8 (30.8) | ||
| Others | 92 (33.7) | 39 (42.4) | 27 (29.3) | 26 (28.3) | ||
| Region (n=329) | χ2=22.547 | 0.013 | ||||
| North Central | 62 (18.8) | 21 (33.9) | 31 (50.0) | 10 (16.1) | ||
| North East | 12 (3.6) | 8 (66.7) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) | ||
| North West | 37 (11.2) | 15 (40.5) | 12 (32.4) | 10 (27.0) | ||
| South East | 48 (14.6) | 31 (64.6) | 12 (25.0) | 5 (10.4) | ||
| South-South | 52 (15.8) | 26 (50.0) | 19 (36.5) | 7 (13.5) | ||
| South West | 118 (35.9) | 59 (50.0) | 30 (25.4) | 29 (24.6) | ||
| Risk factors (n=296) | χ2=37.429 | <0.001 | ||||
| Unknown | 84 (28.4) | 47 (56.0) | 15 (17.9) | 22 (26.2) | ||
| Financial constraint | 49 (16.6) | 30 (61.2) | 14 (28.6) | 5 (10.2) | ||
| Marital/relationship discord | 27 (9.1) | 7 (25.9) | 19 (70.4) | 1 (3.7) | ||
| Familial disharmony | 28 (9.5) | 8 (28.6) | 14 (50.0) | 6 (21.4) | ||
| Depression | 15 (5.1) | 8 (53.3) | 5 (33.3) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Others | 79 (26.7) | 34 (43.0) | 30 (38.0) | 15 (19.0) | ||
| Place of attempt (n=322) | χ2=47.432 | <0.001 | ||||
| Home | 197 (61.2) | 94 (47.7) | 79 (40.1) | 24 (12.2) | ||
| School | 19 (5.9) | 9 (47.4) | 8 (42.1) | 2 (10.5) | ||
| Workplace | 14 (4.3) | 7 (50.0) | 1 (7.1) | 6 (42.9) | ||
| Community centre (centre, stadium, showhouse etc) | 13 (4.0) | 10 (76.9) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (7.7) | ||
| Bridge | 10 (3.1) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | 6 (60.0) | ||
| Others | 69 (21.4) | 35 (50.7) | 10 (14.5) | 24 (38.8) | ||
*Others—electric shock 1 (0.3), jump in front of vehicle/train 2 (0.6), burning 5 (1.4), fall 9 (2.7), gunfire 10 (3.0), cutting 21 (6.2), drowning 23 (6.6).