| (A) Method specific odds of death among adults compared with minors*, Illinois, 1990–1997 |
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| Suicide method | Overall | Exposure | Cut | Poisons | Suffocation | Crash | Firearms |
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| OR | 3.0 | 21.8 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| CI | (2.7 to 3.4) | (2.8 to 167.5) | (2.3 to 35.1) | (5.1 to 9.1) | (4.3 to 8.8) | (1.3 to 5.7) | (0.7 to 2.5) |
| (B) Method specific percentage of episodes culminating in death by age group, Illinois, 1990–1997 |
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| Age (n) | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
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| <18 (457) | 18.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 70.8 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 53.8 | 96.9 | 88.4 |
| 18–25 (1557) | 23.6 | 1.8 | 56.0 | 33.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 90.8 | 86.7 | 67.7 | 62.5 | 93.2 | 99.5 |
| 26–34 (1427) | 26.5 | 3.2 | 63.2 | 66.7 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 90.2 | 89.2 | 71.9 | 49.1 | 94.2 | 96.8 |
| 35–44 (1661) | 31.3 | 4.6 | 70.8 | 38.1 | 11.6 | 1.6 | 12.9 | 4.4 | 89.5 | 86.6 | 75.2 | 77.8 | 97.1 | 95.2 |
| 45–59 (1711) | 48.2 | 10.3 | 72.0 | 63.6 | 29.7 | 12.2 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 94.3 | 96.8 | 84.9 | 82.8 | 97.5 | 98.3 |
| 60+ (2931) | 76.1 | 21.6 | 92.3 | 45.6 | 35.7 | 28.9 | 41.2 | 18.8 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 96.2 | 90.9 | 98.5 | 97.4 |