| Mechanism | Sex | Total (n = 602) | |
| Men (n = 435) | Women (n = 167) | ||
| Firearms | 167 (38.4) | 4 (2.4) | 171 (28.4) |
| Hanging/suffocation | 104 (23.9) | 48 (28.7) | 152 (25.2) |
| Self-poisoning | 62 (14.3) | 66 (39.5) | 129 (21.3) |
| Gas | 44 (10.1) | 13 (7.8) | 57 (9.5) |
| Jumping from height | 24 (5.5) | 20 (12.0) | 44 (7.3) |
| Drowning | 13 (3.0) | 9 (5.4) | 22 (3.7) |
| Laceration | 12 (2.8) | 2 (1.2) | 14 (2.3) |
| Other* | 9 (2.1) | 5 (3.0) | 14 (2.3) |
*Means not specified (n = 10), jumping in front of moving object (n = 2), intentionally crashing a car (n = 1), and late effects of self-inflicted harm (n = 1).