From: Unnatural death in the elderly: a retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in Northern Tunisia
Suicide circumstances | n (%) |
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Place | |
Private house | 9 (56.3%) |
Public place | 4 (25%) |
Canal | 2 (12.5%) |
Isolated place | 1 (6.2%) |
Motive of suicide | |
Decompensation of a mental disease | 10 (62.5%) |
Bereavement | 2 (12.5%) |
Not specified | 4 (25%) |
Methods of suicide | |
Hanging | 10 (62.5%) |
Fall from height | 3 (18.8%) |
Drowning | 2 (12.5%) |
Train trauma | 1 (6.2%) |
Psychiatric disorders | |
Depression | 5 (31.2%) |
Schizophrenia | 4 (25%) |
Dementia | 1 (6.2%) |