Sex differences in surviving suicide attempts by jumping: a review.
Suicidal men and women who use jumping as their method for suicide appear to jump from similar heights. Data from suicidal jumpers from the Aurora Bridge in Seattle indicate that women have been more likely to survive than were men.
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Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*