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Scotland. 2011 ‘Table 2: Deaths for which the Underlying Cause was Classified as 'Intentional Self-harm' or 'Event of Undetermined Intent' by Method and by Place of Usual Residence: Registered in Scotland, 1974 to 2011.’ Probable Suicides: Deaths which are the Result of Intentional Self-harm or Events of Undetermined Intent; Table 2. Edinburgh: General Registry Office for Scotland. 1 January
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Table 2: Deaths for which the underlying cause was classified as 'intentional self-harm' or 'event of undetermined intent'(1) by method and by place of usual residence: registered in Scotland, 1974 to 2011
Year: Firearms, explosives (Method)
2011: 9
2010: 16
2009: 10
2008: 13
2007: 8
2006: 10
2005: 12
2004: 11
2003: 10
2002: 12
2001: 9
2000: 16
1999: 18
1998: 24
1997: 15
1996: 15
1995: 34
1994: 19
1993: 29
1992: 18
1991: 20
1990: 20
1989: 25
1988: 22
1987: 26
1986: 38
1985: 40
1984: 39
1983: 40
1982: 40
1981: 24
1980: 28
1979: 32
1978: 22
1977: 21
1976: 16
1975: 22
1974: 19
Footnote:
1) From 2011, 'drug abuse' deaths from 'acute intoxication' with undetermined intent that would previously have been counted under 'mental and behavioural disorders' are counted as 'poisoning', so some of them will be counted as 'probable suicides'.
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http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/vital-events/deaths/suicides/tables-and-chart.html