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Studies have found the preferred method differs by country.[19] A 2005 Swedish study found walkers most predominant among 145 suicides, followed by those who sat or lay on the tracks with jumpers third, while a 2008 Australian study of 161 suicides along the Queensland rail network found sitters/liers most common with jumpers and walkers evenly split.[13] German researchers in 2011, looking at over a thousand cases over five years, found the proportions nearly equal, with jumping the least likely to be fatal;[2] twelve years later another group of Germans found liers the largest share, with jumpers close behind.[20] A 2013 U.S. study of 50 suicides where this information was available found a slight edge for liers, with walkers and jumpers evenly split.[19] Electrocution via third rails remains rare;[21] it most often happens in conjunction with suicides on subways or metros, where the body comes in contact with the third rail as it is run over by the train.