Method of Suicide in Relation to Some Sociodemographic Variables in Northern Sweden

1,466 cases of completed suicide in northern Sweden were analyzed to relate suicide methods with gender, age, place of residence, marital staus, year of suicide, season of suicide, & season of birth. Sex, age, & environment differences were found. Preference for specific means was found to be dependant both on availability & acceptability. No criteria valid generally across the sociodemographic variables justified a grouping of the methods into violent and nonviolent. (44 refs)