Statistical dossier on 994 recorded suicide incidents in Shanghai, organized into a series of monthly tables covering January through December. The document provides aggregate classifications of suicide cases according to sex, outcome, method, attributed cause, age, educational attainment, and occupation. The sex table records 436 men (43.86%) and 558 women (56.14%). Of the 994 cases, 342 resulted in death (34.41%), while 652 persons were rescued or survived (65.59%).

The table of suicide methods identifies poisoning (服毒) as by far the most common method, with 519 cases (52.22%), followed by other methods (其他), 216 cases (21.73%); entering water/drowning (投水), 107 cases (10.76%); hanging (自縊), 98 cases (9.86%); and self-inflicted injury (自戕), 54 cases (5.43%). The monthly distribution is supplied for each category.

The attributed causes are classified in considerable detail. Family disputes (家庭糾紛) account for 377 cases (37.92%), followed by difficulties of livelihood (生計困難), 217 cases (21.83%); illness (疾病), 95 cases (9.56%); unemployment (失業), 44 cases (4.43%); failed romantic relationships (失戀), 31 cases (3.12%); business failure (營業失敗), 31 cases (3.12%); and lack of freedom in marriage (婚姻不自由), 30 cases (3.02%). Smaller categories include fear of punishment for an offense (畏罪), maltreatment (被虐待), and gambling losses (賭負). In 142 cases (14.28%), the cause was recorded as unknown (不明).

The age distribution is heavily concentrated among younger adults: 449 cases (45.18%) concern people aged 20–29, followed by 254 (25.56%) aged 30–39 and 122 (12.27%) aged 40–49. Persons aged 19 or younger account for 90 cases (9.05%). The educational statistics distinguish higher, secondary, primary, illiterate, and unspecified levels; the largest identifiable groups are primary education, 298 cases (29.98%), and illiterate, 269 cases (27.06%).

Occupational classification shows a particularly large representation of domestic service/household service (家庭服務), 374 cases (37.63%), followed by unemployed persons (無業), 253 cases (25.45%), commerce (商業), 130 cases (13.08%), and industry (工業), 81 cases (8.15%). Smaller groups include free professions, public service, transport, agriculture, and mining.