Characteristics of patients presenting post-suicide attempt to an Academic Medical Center Emergency Department in Lebanon

Table 2 Characteristics of suicide attempts

(N = 108)	No. (%)
Mechanism used
Prescription medications	65 (61.3)
Over-the-counter drugs	29 (27.9)
Self-laceration	11 (10.1)
Other^b	7 (6.5)
Non-ingestible substances^c	6 (5.5)
Location of attempt^a
Home	100 (93.5)
Other^d	7 (6.5)
Day of the week attempt
Week day	77 (71.3)
Weekend	31 (28.7)
Concomitant alcohol abuse	15 (14.2)
Concomitant drug abuse	6 (5.7)
Previous attempt
At least one previous attempt	38 (35.2)
Time interval between two consecutive attempts^a
Days (< 7 days)	2 (6.5)
Weeks (≥ 7 days and < 4 weeks)	2 (6.5)
Months (≥ 4 weeks and < 12 months)	13 (41.9)
Years (≥ 12 months)	14 (45.2)

^a Variables with missing values
^b 3 attempted jumping from a lethal height, 1 firearm suicide, 1 attempted drowning, and 2 from pesticide ingestion
^c 2 attempts of swallowing bleach, 1 of soap, and 3 of unknown cleaning substances
^d 1 in a car, 1 at boyfriend’s house, 1 at sea, 1 at a hotel, and 3 at work)

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