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To: gg cox who wrote (5914)	2/3/2009 11:07:05 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Health Care Use by Victims of Charcoal-Burning Suicide in Taiwan To the Editor: Burning barbecue charcoal in an enclosed space to create carbon monoxide intoxication has become a popular method of suicide in some Asian countries, particularly in Hong Kong and Taiwan (1,2). Since 2002 suicide by charcoal burning has become the second most commonly used method of suicide in Taiwan, accounting for more than 30% of all suicide deaths (3). However, little is known about the patterns of health care use in this suicide subgroup. We linked mortality data classified as ICD-9 code E952 (N=2,192), E953 (N=4,814), and E950 (N=2,797) from 2000 through 2004 to National Health Insurance data files. Chi square tests were used to compare health care use in the past year and history of psychiatric or medical contacts between persons who completed suicide by charcoal burning (E952), hanging (E953), and solid or liquid poisoning (E950). We found that compared with persons who committed suicide by hanging and solid or liquid poisoning, charcoal-burning suicide victims had fewer health care contacts. ... ps.psychiatryonline.org