Slovenia's Suicide of Choice - Death by Hanging

Ljubljana, 21 October - Out of total 410 suicides in Slovenia in the first nine months of 2001, over two thirds (276) of them were committed by hanging, according to the nine-month report on suicides of the Slovene police. Still, the number of suicides lowered by 39 (8.7 percent) since last year on a year-to-year comparison.