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Percentage of suicide deaths and age-standardised suicide rates by methods used, sex and life-stage group, 1996, 2015									
Year	Method	Hanging, strangulation and suffocation	Poisoning by gases and vapours	Poisoning by solids and liquids	Firearms and explosives	Jumping from a high place	Submersion (drowning)	Sharp object	Other								
2015	Male 15–24	82.6	4.3	1.4	2.9	2.9	0.0	1.4	4.3
	Male 25–44	72.1	11.8	1.5	5.9	2.9	0.7	1.5	3.7
	Male 45–64	55.6	14.5	6.5	10.5	5.6	0.8	2.4	4.0
	Male 65+	29.2	2.1	10.4	31.2	6.2	10.4	4.2	6.2
									
	Female 15–24	81	0.0	9.5	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0	4.8
	Female 25–44	71.4	0.0	22.9	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Female 45–64	35.6	13.3	33.3	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.0	8.9
	Female 65+	31.2	12.5	37.5	0.0	0.0	6.2	0.0	12.5
									
1996	Male 15–24	67.6	14.3	5.7	7.6	1.9	0.0	0.0	2.9
	Male 25–44	40.4	36.2	4.8	10.6	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.1
	Male 45–64	31.2	40.0	7.5	11.2	1.2	3.8	2.5	2.5
	Male 65+	28.3	20.8	17.0	17.0	1.9	7.5	0.0	7.5
									
	Female 15–24	44.7	28.9	21.1	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	2.6
	Female 25–44	32.4	32.4	26.5	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9
	Female 45–64	22.7	31.8	27.3	0.0	0.0	9.1	9.1	0.0
	Female 65+	30.8	15.4	38.5	0.0	0.0	7.7	0.0	7.7


Source: Suicide Facts: Data tables 1996−2015, Ministry of Health, 2018

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