Sites of Fatal Suicidal Handgun, Rifle, and Shotgun Wounds, Seattle, 1976-78

		64% by handgun		26% by rifle		10% by shotgun
Site		number	%	number	%	number	%
Head, total		116*	82	38	67	11	47
	Temple and side	86	62	16	28	4	17
	Forehead	10	7	9	16	2	9
	Mouth	10	7	6	11	4	17
	Under chin	3	2	3	5	1	4
	Other parts of head	5	4	4	7	0	0
Neck		1	1	8	14	1	4
Chest, total		23	16	8	14	8	35
	Presternum and precordium	20	14	6	10	6	26
	Other chest	3	2	2	4	2	9
Abdomen, total		2	2	3	5	3	13
	Epigastrium [stomach]	1	1	2	3	2	9
	Other abdomen	1	1	1	2	1	4
Total		142*	---	57	---	23	---

Source: Eisele JW; Reay DT; Cook A "Sites of suicidal gunshot wounds." J Forensic Sci 1981 Jul;26(3):480-5

*The numbers don't quite add up; talk to Eisele.