A Brief Analysis of Suicide Methods and Trends in Virginia from 2003 to 2012

Table 1

Suicide rate and method in Virginia from 2003 to 2012.

Year	Total suicide cases ()	Suicide rate per 100,000 people	Asphyxia (%)	Ingested and/or injected illicit or prescription drugs (%)	Burns (%)	Jumping from heights (%)	CO poisoning (%)	Ingested and/or injected other types of poison such as ethylene glycol (%)	Stabbed self (%)	Firearm use (%)	Unknown traumatic causes (%)	Vehicular (%)
2012	1,053	12.9	23.65	13.20	0.47	1.80	1.71	0.95	1.04	55.56	0.10	1.52
2011	1067	13.2	22.76	12.93	Not available	2.25	1.59	0.94	1.31	57.08	0.09	1.03
2010	996	12.4	22.58	11.95	0.90	2.11	1.71	0.30	1.31	57.73	Not available	1.31
2009	974	12.4	23.01	14.68	0.41	1.64	1.85	Not available	1.74	55.34	0.10	1.13
2008	949	12.2	22.23	14.33	0.11	2.11	2.00	0.95	2.32	55.11	0.11	0.74
2007	906	11.7	20.53	16.56	0.44	1.77	3.09	0.55	1.55	54.53	0.22	0.77
2006	884	11.6	19.91	15.72	0.34	2.72	2.49	Not available	1.81	55.77	0.11	1.13
2005	875	11.6	18.63	13.26	0.34	2.4	2.51	Not available	1.94	58.74	1.02	1.14
2004	840	11.3	20.95	13.33	0.48	1.19	2.50	Not available	1.43	59.52	0.24	0.36
2003	804	10.9	21.13	14.93	0.37	1.74	3.73	Not available	0.75	55.72	0.62	0.99