Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of suicides and non-suicides, population aged 25 to 64 registered to receive health services, Alberta, 2002/2003 to 2005/2006

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  Suicides Non-suicides† Suicide/ Non- suicide ratio
Number % 95% confidence interval Number % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 854 100.0 ... ... 1,752,323 100.0 ... ... ...
Sex
Women 228 26.7 23.7 29.7 871,873 49.8 49.7 49.8 0.5
Men 626 73.3 70.3 76.3 880,450 50.2 50.2 50.3 1.5
Age group
25 to 34 167 19.6 16.9 22.2 453,748 25.9 25.8 26.0 0.8
35 to 44 288 33.7 30.6 36.9 504,398 28.8 28.7 28.9 1.2
45 to 54 265 31.0 27.9 34.1 489,595 27.9 27.9 28.0 1.1
55 to 64 134 15.7 13.3 18.1 304,582 17.4 17.3 17.4 0.9
Health region
South/East Central 80 9.4 7.4 11.3 184,484 10.5 10.5 10.6 0.9
Calgary 261 30.6 27.5 33.7 663,138 37.8 37.8 37.9 0.8
David Thompson 91 10.7 8.6 12.7 152,006 8.7 8.6 8.7 1.2
Capital 295 34.5 31.4 37.7 553,306 31.6 31.5 31.6 1.1
Aspen/Peace Country 112 13.1 10.9 15.4 160,324 9.1 9.1 9.2 1.4
Northern Lights 12 1.4 0.6 2.2 39,009 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.6
Missing 3 0.4 ... ... 56 0.0 ... ... ...
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan premium subsidy category
No subsidy 591 69.2 66.1 72.3 1,465,092 83.6 83.6 83.7 0.8
Subsidy 72 8.4 6.6 10.3 177,820 10.1 10.1 10.2 0.8
First Nations 71 8.3 6.5 10.2 55,162 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.6
Social assistance 120 14.1 11.7 16.4 54,249 3.1 3.1 3.1 4.5
† 2004/2005 fiscal year
... not applicable
Sources: Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Population Registry, Alberta Health and Wellness Death Database.