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Table 12A.66
Table 12A.66
Suicide deaths and death rate, 15–24 year olds (a), (b), (c)
NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas (d) ACT (d) NT (d) Aust
Number of suicide deaths of people aged 15–24 years
1997
170 117 118 43 37 na 11 11 na
1998
146 94 93 55 36 4 6 12 446
1999
122 76 79 47 22 12 9 13 380
2000
99 65 81 44 24 13 5 7 338
2001
93 67 83 44 31 4 7 10 339
2002
83 58 85 46 23 8 – 12 315
2003
78 64 64 39 27 6 9 13 300
2004
75 66 54 23 22 np 3 np 265
2005
66 61 67 30 37 9 5 15 290
2006
63 57 47 32 24 9 6 6 244
2002–2006 366 307 317 169 133 40 25 60 1 417
Suicide death rate per 100 000 persons aged 15–24 years
1997
19.3 17.7 23.3 16.0 18.4 na 20.9 35.2 na
1998
16.9 14.7 18.6 20.9 18.2 6.3 11.8 38.7 17.1
1999
14.1 11.9 15.8 17.8 11.2 19.1 17.8 42.0 14.6
2000
11.4 10.1 16.1 16.5 12.2 20.8 10.0 22.5 12.9
2001
10.6 10.3 16.3 16.3 15.6 6.4 13.7 32.4 12.8
2002
9.3 8.8 16.3 16.8 11.5 12.8 – 39.0 11.7
2003
8.7 9.6 12.0 14.0 13.3 9.4 17.4 42.7 11.0
2004
8.3 9.7 9.9 8.2 10.8 np 5.8 np 9.6
2005
7.2 8.9 11.9 10.5 17.9 13.9 9.7 48.1 10.4
2006
6.8 8.0 8.1 10.8 11.3 13.8 11.1 18.4 8.5
2002–2006 8.0 8.9 11.5 11.9 12.9 12.5 9.4 38.2 10.2
(a)
(b)
(c)
By year of registration. Year-to-year variation can be influenced by coronial workloads.
Suicide deaths include ICD10 codes X60-X84, X870
Age specific death rates are calculated as the number of suicides for an age group per 100,000
population in the same age group, for the period 2002–2006.
(d) Low population results in small variations in the number of suicides appearing as large changes across
the single year rates.
na Not available. – Nil or rounded to zero. np not published
Source : ABS (unpublished), derived from Causes of Death, Australia , Cat. no. 3303.0.
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