They will use suicide bombings.
†Plausible range based on 95% confidence intervals around the proportion of suicides due to pesticides in the country whose data were used for estimate in this stratum Data on suicide and the methods used for suicide on the African continent are sparse.
The ratio of patients to be discharged or to die was similar in occupation, marital status, and the place of suicide attempt; however, the results were different in gender, age, educational level, methods used for suicide, time of day, and reason.
Nine publications from seven countries reported methods used for suicide attempts [ 14, 21, 41, 42, 44- 49, 49, 50].
This was an unexpected finding given the relative lethality of methods used for suicide attempts in this setting.
Knowledge of the most prominent methods used for suicide in Africa is vital for the development of prevention strategies, as restricting access can be an effective way of reducing suicide rates [ 2, 70, 71].
We had hypothesised that increasing access to pharmaceuticals may affect the methods used for suicide among cancer patients, but found only minor differences in the overall methods used compared to the general population (Table 2).
The top three methods used in suicides of young people include firearm (45 percent), suffocation (40percentt), and poisoning (8percentt).
Hanging, strangulation and suffocation (50%), and self-poisoning (29%) were the most frequently used suicide methods.
Pesticide self-poisoning is one of the most commonly used suicide methods worldwide, accounting for 250 000-370 000 deaths every year - around one third of the world's suicides [ 1].
