"Figure 8: Proportion of suicides by method and sex, UK, registered in 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in ‘Things you need to know about this release’ section of the UK Suicide bulletin. 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK. 4. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in the ‘Registration delays’ section of the UK Suicide bulletin. 5. Table 19 in the reference table, named 'Suicide in the United Kingdom', has more information regarding definitions. " "Unit","Percentage of suicides" "","" "","Males","Females" "Drowning","4.3","5.2" "Fall and fracture","3.9","5.3" "Poisoning","18.3","36.2" "Hanging suffocation
and strangulation","58.7","42.8" "Other","14.8","10.5"