Suicide Methods in 2003: 35% hanging, 22% overdose, 18% firearms

Suicide Methods in 2003: 35% hanging, 22% overdose, 18% firearms
Date: Mar 26, 2007 9:34 AM
PUBLICATION: The Calgary Sun
DATE: 2007.03.25
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PAGE: 37
BYLINE: CENTRE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
WORD COUNT: 40

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Alberta suicide facts

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- Total number of suicides (1999-2003): 2,233.

- Average number of suicides per year (1999-2003): 440.

- Male-to-female ratio of nearly three-to-one.

- Alberta average rate of suicide per 100,000 (1999-2003): 22.4.
National average rate of suicide per 100,000 (1999-2003): 17.9.

- Most at-risk: 35-55 year-olds.

- Methods in 2003: 35% hanging, 22% overdose, 18% firearms, 12% carbon
monoxide poisoning.

- Men most likely to hang, women most likely to overdose.




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