Analysing the Impacts of Financial Expenditure of Prefectures on Methods of Suicide Completion in Japan by Kanae Kashimoto, Motohiro Okada

“…Therefore, the present study determined the impacts of the regional governmental expenditure of six major divisions, “public health”, “public works”, “police”, “ambulance/fire services”, “welfare” and “education” on suicide mortalities by five major suicidal means, “hanging”, “poisoning”, “charcoal burning”, “jumping” and “throwing”, across the 47 prefectures in Japan during 2009–2018 using fixed-effect analysis of hierarchal linear regression with robust standard error. …”
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Epidemiology of asphyxiation suicides in the United States, 2005–2014 by Rebecca K. Yau, Mallie J. Paschall

“…Most asphyxiation suicides involved hanging (90.7%, N = 22,931); 1717 (6.8%) involved smothering; 968 (3.8%) involved chemicals or gasses; and 145 (0.6%) involved strangulation. …”
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Suicide and deliberate self-harm in Pakistan: a scoping review by Sualeha S. Shekhani, Shagufta Perveen, Dur-e-Sameen Hashmi, Khawaja Akbar, Sara Bachani, Murad M. Khan

“…The three most common methods for suicides were hanging, poisoning and use of firearms. Mental illness as a risk factor for suicides was mentioned in only three studies. …”
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