"Figure 8: Proportion of suicide by method and sex, Great Britain, registered in 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. A common definition of suicides is used across Great Britain. See the ""Things you need to know"" section for more information. 2. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for Great Britain. " "Unit","% of suicides" "","" "Method","Male","Female" "Drowning","4.2","5.0" "Fall and fracture","4.1","5.5" "Poisoning","17.2","35.4" "Hanging","59.3","43.2" "Other","15.2","10.9"