DEAD by THEIR OWN HANDS in 2007*
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SUICIDE IN CANADA The sudden deaths of hockey player Wade Belak and five young people on a First Nations reserve in northwestern Ontario have once again put suicide back in the spotlight. Suicide crosses all social boundaries, all ages groups and all provinces. SUICIDES BY METHOD IN 2007* Men and women approach suicide very differently. Men commit suicide most often by hanging, jumping or firearms, while women tend to prefer drugs. *2007 is the latest SUICIDES BY METHOD AND BY GENDER data available from ACTUAL NUMBER Statistics Canada MEN 330 21 WOMEN 513 303 1,248 MEN & WOMEN 357 Exposure Handgun, to drugs shotgun, rifle or other firearm 687 58 534 200 Hanging, strangulation 140 38 16 and suffocation 238 7 15 1,551 198 Exposure to gases, Jumping from vapours, pesticides 88 a high place and other poisons Smoke, fire 23 flames Jumping or lying in front of a moving object 103 Using a sharp 64 90 object 24 100 36 Drowning 66 5 13 19 24 6 Exposure to Crashing a 19 10 solvents motor vehicle 3,611 Canadians 8 14 27 4 19 Exposure to alcohol DEAD BY THEIR Other/ unspecified OWN HANDS SUICIDES BY PROVINCE 2007 SUICIDES BY AGE GROUP IN 2007 in 2007* Ontario tops the provinces for total number of suicides, but the Peak suicide numbers for both men and women seem to occur suicide rate per 100,000 is highest in our territories. in their 40s and 50s. (SUICIDE RATE: 11.0 per 100,000 population) SUICIDES BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY, BY GENDER SUICIDES BY AGE GROUP, BY GENDER ACTUAL NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 ACTUAL NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Age Age (5.3 rate) 19 23 (4.5 rate) 1 death (1.1 rate) 90+ 70-79 Quebec 5 Age 238 deaths 80-89 27 46 (5.4 rate) Age Newfoundland and Labrador 69 10-19 3 deaths (1.0 rate) 884 women Age 884 women 79 60-69 Ontario (SUICIDE RATE: Nunavut (SUICIDE RATE: 270 deaths 4.9 per 100,000 (27.8 rate) 5 deaths 4.9 per 100,000 population) Age (3.9 rate) population) Northwest Territories 20-29 Age 121 2 deaths (10.5 rate) 50-59 184 Manitoba 33 Age (5.4 rate) 30-39 Age 124 40-49 Saskatchewan Alberta 132 121 British Columbia 37 229 (7.3 rate) (7.1 rate) (5.1 rate) Age 90+ 9 New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia 13 (15.0 rate) 61 67 (17.6 rate) Age Age (13.2 rate) 91 80-89 70-79 159 Yukon 2 deaths (14.2 rate) Newfoundland Quebec 49 and Labrador Age 850 deaths (19.3 rate) 2,727 men (20.7 rate) 60-69 239 Nunavut (SUICIDE RATE: 15.7 per 100,000 population) 15 2,727 men (82.1 rate) (SUICIDE RATE: 15.7 per 100,000 population) Northwest Territories 7 deaths (31.3 rate) Age Age 50-59 10-19 533 Ontario British 149 830 deaths Columbia (12.3 rate) 317 deaths Age (13.6 rate) Age 40-49 Alberta 20-29 Age 660 93 331 deaths 451 30-39 (17.5 rate) 436 92 Manitoba Saskatchewan (15.4 rate) (18.0 rate) ATTEMPTED SELF-INJURY BY PROVINCE IN 2011 ATTEMPTED SELF-INJURY BY AGE GROUP IN 2011 People living in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Yukon are far more Early in life, more men than women attempt to take their own lives, likely to attempt self-harm than anyone else in Canada. but later on in life more women attempt self-injury. SELF-INJURY HOSPITALIZATION RATE SELF-INJURY HOSPITALIZATION RATE AGE STANDARDIZED RATE PER 100,000 379 CRUDE RATE PER 100,000 MEN WOMEN 100 80 192 197 60 40 77 81 81 63 70 58 58 61 67 55 20 0 B.C. Alta. Sask. Man. Ont. Que. N.B. N.S. P.E.I. N.L. Yukon N.T. Nvt. 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90+ SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA AND THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION KATHRYN BLAZE CARLSON & RICHARD JOHNSON / NATIONAL POST.