Dying online: live broadcasts of Chinese emerging adult suicides and crisis response behaviors

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Emerging adults live-blogcast suicide incidents in Chinese Weibo

Case	Duration	Location	Sex	Age	PE	Method	Result	Participants
1	5/16/2011	Shaanxi	Male	24	Family conflicts	Wrist-cutting	Rescued	Active audience, newspaper reporter, roommate, police
1	14:28-23:00	Shaanxi	Male	24	Family conflicts	Wrist-cutting	Rescued	Active audience, newspaper reporter, roommate, police
2	9/1/2011	Hubei	Male	24	Break-up (likely)	Overdose	Died	Active audience, colleagues and fans, family members
2	01:07-19:23	Hubei	Male	24	Break-up (likely)	Overdose	Died	Active audience, colleagues and fans, family members
3	10/23/2011	Beijing	Female	22	Break-up	Overdose	Rescued	Active audience, police
3	22:13-1:20	Beijing	Female	22	Break-up	Overdose	Rescued	Active audience, police
4	3/7/2012	Sichuan	Female	22	Break-up	Wrist-cutting	Rescued	Active audience, friends and ex-colleagues, family members, police
4	02:50-6:00	Sichuan	Female	22	Break-up	Wrist-cutting	Rescued
5	11/30/2014	Sichuan	Male	19	Break-up	Charcoal-burning & Overdose	Died	Active audience, friends, family members, police
5	07:48-14:00	Sichuan	Male	19	Break-up	Charcoal-burning & Overdose	Died	Active audience, friends, family members, police
6	12/1/2014	Fujian	Male	19	Health and family issues	Overdose	Rescued	Active audience (celebrity), police
6	17:00-21:30	Fujian	Male	19	Health and family issues	Overdose	Rescued	Active audience (celebrity), police

Note: The duration began from the time when the blogcaster posted suicide-related information and ended with his/her last relevant post, excluding those messages indicating negative mood in general. PE precipitating event

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