Discussion CTB Statistics in a small city

[memento_mori]

Well someone from my city made a whole spread sheet of CTB during the year, they included methods, age, whether it was successful etc, using reports from local news sites
For convenience sake I'm just gonna translate some of the crucial statistics here for reference
So in the month of January 2019

Method	Succeeded	Nope
Hanging	9	1
Jumping	23	14
Drugs	2	1
Charcoal	6	0
Drowning	0	2

There's also gas and bleeding but those cases weren't that successful. Numbers might be a little off coz the spreadsheet is Huge.

February 2019

Method	Succeeded	Nope
Jumping	32	10
Hanging	10	3
Bleeding/ Cutting	0	5
Charcoal	6	6
Drowning	4	2

 

[Only Me Here]

The charcoal success rate is higher then i thought it would be, the only one with 100 percent. I was originally planning on that but the failure stories scared me off it. Thats good news for those who are using that method.

 

[Lookingforhelp93]

Wow that's a lot of failed jumps! Curious as to what went wrong..

 

[Roger]

The charcoal success rate is higher then i thought it would be, the only one with 100 percent. I was originally planning on that but the failure stories scared me off it. Thats good news for those who are using that method.

Bear in mind that the compiler of the statistics would know about ALL successes (just about) but would not necessarily know about all failed attempts.

 

[Only Me Here]

Bear in mind that the compiler of the statistics would know about ALL successes (just about) but would not necessarily know about all failed attempts.

Good point.

 

[Strumgewehr]

Wow that's a lot of failed jumps! Curious as to what went wrong..

Probably insufficient height.

 

[memento_mori]

Every one of those numbers used to be a person, until life squished the life outta them
sigh

 

[retarddd]

Wow that's a lot of failed jumps! Curious as to what went wrong..

probably jumped from a short height

 

[Roger]

Jumping failures would very likely be known about, hence the large figure. Many/most fails at the other categories may never have come to notice of anybody but the attemptor.

No "poisoning" (overdoses) nor shootings ? Odd.

 

[memento_mori]

Jumping failures would very likely be known about, hence the large figure. Many/most fails at the other categories may never have come to notice of anybody but the attemptor.

No "poisoning" (overdoses) nor shootings ? Odd.

firearms not allowed here so cases are few and far between. The ctb statistics will defo be very different in different countries. Was surprised about the OD thing too since I'm still going to use SN

 

[Roger]

To continue with the theme of statistics . . . . . . . . in UK, averaged out, there is a completed suicide every 90 minutes. (About 6000 per annum)

It's difficult to guess at the ratio of completed attempts to failed attempts, for main reasons.

1. Not all failed attempts are reported and recorded
2. It's impossible to know how many "attempts" are genuine and should be counted as an attempt.

The stats are further skewed by the fact that many probable suicides are not recorded as such, where coroners are left in doubt.

I wonder what the true figures are ?

 

[SelfHatingAspie]

The charcoal success rate is higher then i thought it would be, the only one with 100 percent. I was originally planning on that but the failure stories scared me off it. Thats good news for those who are using that method.

Charcoal is still my preferred method, although I'm now researching SN.

My understanding with charcoal is that it needs to be administered in a small and well-contained place, such as a vehicle with all the vents covered over with duct tape.

With charcoal, successfully lighting it can be difficult (if not impossible). Some sources just refuse to ignite. I'd rather have too many charcoal sources than not enough.

Then there's the seasonality. Charcoal can get very warm; it's possible some people may end up bailing due to the heat before the CO levels in their body hits critical mass, thus being counted as a failed attempt.

I wouldn't use charcoal in summer or during the day.

 

[bigj75]

them hanging ones are interesting.