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Manner:
Suicide 2002
A suicide is a
death resulting from a self-inflicted injury which was the result of an
explicit or implicit purpose to end one’s life.
In 2002, 111 deaths in Hamilton County were ruled suicides,
accounting for 11 percent of the deaths investigated by this office. A
substantial increase from the 83 suicides in 2001.
In 37 percent of
such cases the suicidal means was a handgun; a shotgun was used in another
5 percent.
The remaining cases
were divided among a variety of lethal means as described graphically in
the suicide section of this report.
In
37 percent of suicides, postmortem toxicology analysis revealed the
presence of alcohol and/or a drug or drugs of abuse, down from 21 percent
last year.
SUICIDE
OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD: 2002
SUICIDE
LOCATION: 2002
|
MEANS
|
CINCINNATI
|
ANDERSON
TWP.
|
BLUE
ASH
|
CHEVIOT
|
CLEVES
|
COLERAIN
|
|
|
HANDGUN
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
SHOTGUN
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
JUMPED
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
HANGING
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
CARBON
MONOXIDE
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
DRUG OVERDOSE
|
13
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
OTHER
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
40
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEANS
|
DELHI
|
ELMWOOD
PLACE
|
FOREST
PARK
|
GLENDALE
|
GREEN
HILLS
|
GREEN
TWP.
|
|
|
HANDGUN
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
SHOTGUN
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
JUMPED
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
HANGING
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
CARBON
MONOXIDE
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
DRUG OVERDOSE
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
OTHER
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEANS
|
HARRISON
|
INDIAN
HILL
|
LOCKLAND
|
MARIEMONT
|
MIAMI
TWP.
|
MT.
HEALTHY
|
|
|
HANDGUN
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
SHOTGUN
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
JUMPED
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
HANGING
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
CARBON
MONOXIDE
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
DRUG OVERDOSE
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
OTHER
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEANS
|
NORWOOD
|
SHARONVILLE
|
SILVERTON
|
SPRINGFIELD
TWP.
|
SYCAMORE
TWP.
|
WOODLAWN
|
|
|
HANDGUN
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
SHOTGUN
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
JUMPED
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
HANGING
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
CARBON
MONOXIDE
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
DRUG OVERDOSE
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
OTHER
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEANS
|
WYOMING
|
O.C
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HANDGUN
|
1
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHOTGUN
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JUMPED
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HANGING
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CARBON
MONOXIDE
|
0
|
0 | | 
