2000 Annual Review
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Types of Deaths Investigated and Certified
Suicide
Gender and Regional Distribution
| Region |
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
| Calgary |
79
|
28
|
107
|
| South Rural |
82
|
24
|
106
|
| Edmonton |
69
|
30
|
99
|
| North Rural |
77
|
29
|
106
|
| Total |
307
|
111
|
418
|
Suicide Rates by Age and Gender per 100,000 Population
|
Age Range
|
Males
|
Females
|
Total
|
10-14 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
2.27 |
15-19 |
15.8 |
5.5 |
10.8 |
|
20-24
|
17.3
|
4.7
|
11.2
|
|
25-29
|
16.3
|
8.3
|
12.4
|
|
30-34
|
26.1
|
10.7
|
18.6
|
|
35-39
|
26.0
|
9.9
|
18.1
|
|
40-44
|
34.7
|
10.7
|
23.0
|
|
45-49
|
29.6
|
12.9
|
21.5
|
|
50-54
|
33.7
|
20.3
|
27.1
|
|
55-59
|
38.3
|
7.7
|
23.1
|
|
60-64
|
23.1
|
9.6
|
16.4
|
|
65-69
|
24.0
|
6.4
|
15.0
|
|
70-74
|
24.3
|
4.9
|
14.0
|
|
75-79
|
3.9*
|
0.29*
|
1.8*
|
|
80-84
|
0.0
|
0.42*
|
0.3*
|
|
85-89
|
0.0
|
0.0*
|
0.0*
|
|
90 & over
|
6.5*
|
1.4*
|
2.9*
|
Based on 2000 projected population rates from Statistics Canada, 91-213-XPB, Table 5.1.
*Rates based on 10,000 population.
Suicides by Month
Suicides by Cause of Death
| Cause of Death |
Males
|
Females
|
Total
|
| Hanging |
88
|
32
|
120
|
| Firearms | 85 |
9 |
94 |
| Carbon monoxide |
65
|
11
|
76
|
| Drug toxicity |
36
|
39
|
75
|
| Jump |
11
|
4
|
15
|
| Combined ethanol and drug toxicity |
4
|
3
|
7
|
| Drowning |
2
|
5
|
7
|
| Motor vehicle - driver |
4
|
1
|
5
|
| Stabbing/cuts |
2
|
3
|
5
|
| Train - pedestrian |
3
|
1
|
4
|
| Fire |
1
|
2
|
3
|
| Other |
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Methanol toxicity |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Motor vehicle - passenger |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Motor vehicle - pedestrian |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Motor vehicle driver - train |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Poisonous gas or chemical |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Total |
307
|
111
|
418
|
Cause of Suicidal Deaths - Males
Cause of Suicidal Deaths - Females
Alberta Suicides from 1975 - 2000
| Region |
1975
|
1980
|
1985
|
1990
|
1995
|
2000
|
| Calgary |
78
|
103
|
105
|
93
|
110
|
107
|
| South Rural |
69
|
91
|
88
|
83
|
101
|
106
|
| Edmonton |
68
|
99
|
102
|
115
|
114
|
99
|
| North Rural |
72
|
107
|
100
|
109
|
132
|
106
|
| Total |
287
|
400
|
395
|
400
|
457
|
418
|
Alberta Suicide Rates/100,000 Population (1980 - 2000)
