First Nations people suicide rate by age and gender Canada 2011-2016

Among the First Nations people of Canada, there were 56.6 deaths by suicide among males aged 15 to 24 years from 2011 to 2016 per 100,000 person-years at risk. This statistic shows the suicide rate among First Nations people in Canada from 2011 to 2016 by age and gender.

Suicide rate among First Nations people in Canada from 2011 to 2016, by age and gender (per 100,000 person-years at risk)

Characteristic	Males	Females
1-14 years	1.9	5.4
15-24 years	56.6	40.3
25-34 years	48.4	-
35-44 years	45.9	-
45-54 years	32.8	-
55 years and older	11.5	6.9

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June 2019

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Canada

Survey time period

2011 to 2016

Supplementary notes

ASMR = Age standardized mortality rate (standardized to the Indigenous population estimated by the 2011 National Household Survey; in 5-year age groups except for those aged 1-4 and those aged 85+). Excluded from data: institutional population at time of census collection (e.g. nursing homes, jails), population living in collective households (e.g. motels, hotels, rooming houses), persons not enumerated by the 2011 National Household Survey.

Missing fields were too unreliable to be published. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), pages 18, 2011 to 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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