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Suicide Statistics - 1997 to 2005

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BC Annual Report 2011 .pdf

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BC Annual Report 2008 .pdf

BC Annual Report 2007 .pdf

BC Annual Report 2006 .pdf

Suicide in BC

VICTORIA - More people died at their own hands in BC in 2006 than in motor-vehicle accidents. The silent, self-inflicted epidemic has claimed over 10,000 lives in the province over the last 20 years, and the raw number of suicides has remained steady at about 500 a year. (Vancouver Province)

Age Category	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
12 years and under	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
13 - 19 years	19	27	28	29	15	35	23	22	37
20 - 29 years	57	71	71	71	55	84	68	74	95
30 - 39 years	90	96	104	97	99	94	107	107	129
40 - 49 years	112	105	102	131	116	105	113	131	128
50 - 59 years	106	108	78	101	95	72	88	77	80
60 - 69 years	40	52	47	51	43	42	40	42	49
70 - 79 years	38	36	29	37	28	31	36	31	39
80 years and over	22	29	18	18	19	20	23	24	23
Age unknown	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTAL	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

Gender	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Female	135	127	120	132	107	124	102	117	124
Male	349	398	358	405	363	360	396	392	459
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

Method	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Alcohol/drug/other poisons	108	113	101	120	117	93	93	113	105
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning	44	43	37	42	40	50	54	72	59
Drowning	21	19	19	31	20	24	16	20	26
Fall	27	27	28	36	35	37	26	24	43
Firearms	83	86	84	90	90	84	115	103	137
Hanging	152	163	155	167	123	149	152	139	160
Motor Vehicle Involved	6	7	5	8	1	6	7	3	3
Other	11	22	17	15	13	27	24	25	36
Suffocation/smothering	20	15	15	13	8
Stabbing/Incised Injury	12	30	17	15	23	14	11	10	14
TOTAL	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

Ethnicity	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
First Nations	0	32	32	21	21	28	24	25	43
Non-First Nations	0	484	444	516	449	456	474	484	540
Not reported	484	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

Month	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	0	37	40	48	39	38	33	46	44
February	0	46	35	48	36	37	39	41	46
March	0	45	40	40	41	43	37	46	55
April	0	29	44	46	42	44	51	41	50
May	0	37	40	42	48	44	50	40	53
June	0	50	40	35	36	43	44	33	45
July	0	58	45	54	39	43	43	48	44
August	0	43	28	46	45	41	46	54	35
September	0	37	40	33	33	41	39	38	61
October	0	47	40	42	28	36	38	37	47
November	0	40	37	54	50	40	30	42	55
December	0	47	47	49	33	34	48	43	48
not reported	484	9	2
TOTAL	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

Region	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
FRASER	138	135	129	154	147	127	134	140	159
INTERIOR	100	112	93	107	94	95	94	98	117
ISLAND	105	109	92	104	81	110	110	117	122
METRO	98	124	124	132	110	110	109	113	133
NORTH	43	45	40	40	38	42	51	41	52
TOTAL	484	525	478	537	470	484	498	509	583

A Town / City breakdown is available on the .pdf Suicide Deaths

BC Coroners Service Reports

Illicit Drug Deaths

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