Canadian Statistics: Suicides & Suicide Rates
by Sex & Age Group

	1996	1997	1981	1991	1996	1997
	Number of suicides		Suicide rate per 100,000 population
All ages	3,941	3,681	14.0	13.3	13.2	12.3
Males	3,093	2,914	21.3	21.6	20.8	19.6
Females	848	767	6.8	5.3	5.6	5.1
1-14 years	41	51	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9
Males	32	39	1.0	0.7	1.1	1.4
Females	9	12	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
15-19 years	231	261	12.7	13.8	11.5	12.9
Males	190	207	21.2	23.0	18.5	19.9
Females	41	54	3.8	4.0	4.2	5.5
20-24 years	350	293	19.6	18.2	17.2	14.5
Males	300	257	33.2	31.7	29.0	24.9
Females	50	36	5.9	4.1	5.0	3.6
25-44 years	1,770	1,549	17.4	18.1	17.9	15.8
Males	1,390	1,228	26.2	28.8	24.7	25.0
Females	380	321	8.6	7.6	8.6	6.6
45-64 years	1,060	1,075	20.1	16.2	16.6	16.5
Males	786	826	28.6	25.7	24.7	25.5
Females	274	249	11.9	6.9	8.6	7.6
65 years and over	489	452	18.3	14.2	13.4	12.4
Males	395	357	30.4	26.3	25.6	23.0
Females	94	95	9.2	5.6	4.5	4.5
Not stated	?	?	x	x	x	x
Males	?	?	x	x	x	x
Females	?	?	x	x	x	x
? nil or zero
Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/health01.htm

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