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Table 7 Distribution of suicidal deaths circumstances

From: Unnatural death in the elderly: a retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in Northern Tunisia

Suicide circumstances

n (%)

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%)