Table 1.4.19.2 Suicide (ICD-9 E950-E959), rate per 100,000 population and confidence interval, by sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996

Suicide Both sexes Males Females
Rate per 100,000 95% confidence interval Rate per 100,000 95% confidence interval Rate per 100,000 95% confidence interval
Low High Low High Low High
 
00 Canada 13.0 12.8 13.3 20.8 20.4 21.2 5.4 5.2 5.6
10 Newfoundland 7.4 6.2 8.8 12.8 10.5 15.4 2.1 1.3 3.3
1001 Health and Community Services St. John's Region 7.7 5.6 10.2 12.7 9.0 17.5 2.8 1.3 5.3
1002 Health and Community Services Eastern Region 7.5 5.1 10.7 12.9 8.5 18.9 2.1 0.7 5.1
1003 Health and Community Services Central Region 4.1 2.3 6.7 7.0 3.8 11.9 1.2 0.2 3.9
1004 Health and Community Services Western Region 7.2 4.5 10.9 12.2 7.4 19.2 2.2 0.6 5.8
1005 Grenfell Regional Health Services Board 7.4 2.4 17.8 10.9 2.8 29.4 3.8 0.2 18.2
1006 Health Labrador Corporation 20.8 12.3 32.9 40.2 23.8 63.7 -- -- --
11 Prince Edward Island 11.0 8.1 14.6 18.4 13.1 25.0 3.9 1.8 7.3
1101 Urban Health Region 13.6 9.1 19.7 22.5 14.3 33.8 5.1 1.9 11.3
1102 Rural Health Region 8.7 5.4 13.3 14.8 8.7 23.4 2.7 0.7 7.4
12 Nova Scotia 11.8 10.6 13.2 20.5 18.2 23.0 3.5 2.6 4.6
1201 Zone 1 12.8 9.6 16.8 21.7 15.8 29.1 4.1 1.9 7.8
1202 Zone 2 12.4 8.6 17.3 17.0 10.8 25.5 7.9 4.0 14.0
1203 Zone 3 11.9 8.6 16.2 23.0 16.3 31.4 1.2 0.2 4.0
1204 Zone 4 12.0 8.5 16.4 22.3 15.6 30.9 2.0 0.5 5.3
1205 Zone 5 11.2 8.4 14.7 19.7 14.3 26.5 3.2 1.4 6.3
1206 Zone 6 11.6 9.7 13.7 20.0 16.5 24.0 3.5 2.2 5.3
13 New Brunswick 13.5 12.0 15.1 23.8 21.1 26.8 3.3 2.4 4.5
1301 Region 1 12.4 9.7 15.6 22.1 17.0 28.2 2.9 1.3 5.5
1302 Region 2 9.2 6.9 12.0 17.2 12.7 22.8 1.5 0.5 3.5
1303 Region 3 10.7 8.1 13.9 18.6 13.7 24.5 2.8 1.2 5.5
1304 Region 4 25.0 18.2 33.5 39.5 27.4 55.0 10.8 5.3 19.8
1305 Region 5 21.2 13.5 31.9 34.8 21.0 54.5 8.0 2.6 19.1
1306 Region 6 19.0 14.3 24.8 35.6 26.5 46.8 2.3 0.6 6.1
1307 Region 7 14.7 9.4 21.8 25.1 15.5 38.4 4.0 1.0 10.9
24 Quebec 19.6 19.0 20.2 31.2 30.2 32.3 8.2 7.7 8.7
2401 Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent 22.5 19.0 26.4 37.0 30.7 44.2 8.2 5.5 11.8
2402 Région du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 21.9 18.9 25.1 34.5 29.3 40.3 9.2 6.6 12.4
2403 Région de Québec 24.5 22.4 26.8 38.3 34.5 42.4 11.4 9.4 13.6
2404 Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec 23.2 20.8 25.7 37.6 33.3 42.3 9.0 7.0 11.4
2405 Région de l'Estrie 24.4 21.3 27.9 36.1 30.7 42.2 13.0 9.9 16.8
2406 Région de Montréal-Centre 15.3 14.3 16.4 23.4 21.6 25.3 7.8 6.8 8.9
2407 Région de l'Outaouais 19.9 17.2 22.9 33.6 28.7 39.2 6.4 4.4 8.9
2408 Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue 29.0 24.4 34.1 48.1 39.9 57.5 9.1 5.8 13.7
2409 Région de la Côte-Nord 27.9 22.5 34.2 50.6 40.5 62.5 3.9 1.6 8.1
2410 Région du Nord-du-Québec 19.6 10.3 34.0 33.7 17.1 59.8 3.8 0.2 18.1
2411 Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 21.5 16.9 27.1 39.3 30.5 49.9 3.8 1.5 7.8
2412 Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches 26.2 23.4 29.3 41.5 36.5 47.0 10.9 8.4 13.8
2413 Région de Laval 17.3 14.9 20.1 26.8 22.5 31.6 8.2 6.0 11.0
2414 Région de Lanaudière 18.3 16.0 20.9 28.5 24.4 33.1 8.1 6.0 10.7
2415 Région des Laurentides 19.8 17.5 22.3 32.9 28.7 37.4 6.7 4.9 8.9
2416 Région de la Montérégie 15.9 14.7 17.2 25.6 23.4 27.9 6.3 5.2 7.5
2417 Région du Nunavik 109.1 74.4 154.4 182.0 120.4 264.2 31.1 10.0 74.4
2418 Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James 5.7 1.0 18.6 11.1 1.9 36.2 -- -- --
35 Ontario by District Health Council 9.3 9.0 9.6 14.4 13.8 15.0 4.3 4.0 4.6
3501 Champlain District Health Council 10.4 9.4 11.6 16.3 14.4 18.4 4.8 3.8 5.9
3502 Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC 10.4 8.9 12.2 15.8 13.2 18.9 5.2 3.7 7.0
3503 Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC 8.4 7.2 9.6 14.3 12.2 16.7 2.5 1.7 3.6
3504 Toronto District Health Council 8.7 8.1 9.4 12.4 11.2 13.5 5.3 4.6 6.1
3505 Simcoe-York District Health Council 6.0 5.1 6.9 9.0 7.6 10.7 3.0 2.2 4.0
3506 Halton-Peel District Health Council 6.7 5.9 7.6 9.8 8.5 11.4 3.7 2.9 4.6
3507 Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC 8.2 6.9 9.5 12.6 10.5 15.0 3.7 2.6 5.1
3508 Hamilton-Wentworth DHC 8.2 6.9 9.8 13.0 10.5 15.8 3.7 2.5 5.3
3509 Niagara District Health Council 8.7 7.2 10.4 13.6 10.9 16.8 3.9 2.6 5.7
3510 Grand River DHC 9.3 7.2 11.8 17.0 13.0 21.8 1.7 0.7 3.6
3511 Thames Valley DHC 10.0 8.6 11.6 15.5 13.0 18.3 4.8 3.5 6.4
3512 Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC 11.1 9.6 12.7 18.3 15.6 21.2 4.1 3.0 5.6
3513 Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC 9.4 7.5 11.6 16.5 13.0 20.6 2.5 1.3 4.3
3514 Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC 13.9 11.2 16.9 21.8 17.2 27.3 6.0 3.8 9.1
3515 Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC 15.3 13.3 17.6 26.1 22.4 30.3 4.6 3.1 6.5
3516 Northwestern Ontario DHC 20.8 17.8 24.3 31.8 26.5 37.8 9.8 7.0 13.3
35 Ontario by Health Unit 9.3 9.0 9.6 14.4 13.8 15.0 4.3 4.0 4.6
3526 Algoma Public Health Unit 11.0 8.1 14.7 18.1 12.8 24.9 4.1 1.9 7.7
3527 Brant Public Health Unit 9.7 6.9 13.3 18.7 13.2 25.8 1.1 0.2 3.4
3530 Durham Public Health Unit 7.2 5.9 8.7 12.1 9.7 14.8 2.4 1.4 3.7
3531 Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit 9.8 6.4 14.4 17.4 11.1 26.1 2.4 0.6 6.5
3533 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit 11.4 8.6 14.8 20.4 15.2 26.8 2.5 1.0 5.2
3534 Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit 8.8 6.0 12.5 15.1 9.9 22.1 2.5 0.8 6.0
3535 Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit 10.9 8.3 14.2 20.3 15.2 26.6 1.6 0.5 3.9
3536 Halton Public Health Unit 7.6 6.1 9.4 11.0 8.4 14.1 4.3 2.8 6.4
3537 Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit 8.2 6.9 9.8 13.0 10.5 15.8 3.7 2.5 5.3
3538 Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit 10.4 7.8 13.7 17.3 12.5 23.3 3.8 1.8 6.9
3539 Huron Public Health Unit 7.6 4.3 12.3 13.0 7.1 22.1 2.1 0.4 7.0
3540 Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit 10.1 7.1 13.9 17.4 11.9 24.7 2.9 1.1 6.4
3541 Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit 9.6 7.2 12.5 13.7 9.8 18.7 5.5 3.2 8.8
3542 Lambton Public Health Unit 10.8 7.9 14.3 18.8 13.4 25.6 3.0 1.2 6.1
3543 Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit 11.4 8.7 14.8 16.8 12.2 22.7 6.2 3.6 9.9
3544 Middlesex-London Public Health Unit 10.5 8.8 12.4 15.7 12.8 19.2 5.5 3.9 7.6
3545 Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit 14.0 9.8 19.3 19.8 13.0 29.0 8.2 4.2 14.6
3546 Niagara Public Health Unit 8.7 7.2 10.4 13.6 10.9 16.8 3.9 2.6 5.7
3547 North Bay Public Health Unit 13.9 10.0 18.7 23.9 16.8 33.1 4.1 1.7 8.5
3549 Northwestern Public Health Unit 32.4 25.9 39.9 49.9 38.7 63.2 14.4 8.8 22.3
3551 Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit 10.1 8.9 11.5 15.7 13.5 18.2 4.8 3.6 6.2
3552 Oxford Public Health Unit 8.3 5.5 12.1 12.8 7.9 19.6 4.0 1.6 8.2
3553 Peel Public Health Unit 6.4 5.5 7.4 9.4 7.9 11.2 3.4 2.5 4.5
3554 Perth Public Health Unit 6.7 3.9 10.8 10.9 5.9 18.5 2.7 0.7 7.2
3555 Peterborough Public Health Unit 9.5 6.7 13.0 15.2 10.3 21.6 4.1 1.9 7.7
3556 Porcupine Public Health Unit 18.3 13.9 23.6 29.6 21.8 39.2 6.7 3.4 12.0
3557 Renfrew Public Health Unit 7.3 4.7 10.8 11.3 6.8 17.7 3.3 1.2 7.3
3558 Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit 13.2 10.5 16.4 21.0 16.2 26.8 5.5 3.3 8.8
3560 Simcoe Public Health Unit 8.7 7.0 10.7 14.1 11.1 17.6 3.5 2.1 5.4
3561 Sudbury Public Health Unit 16.5 13.5 19.9 29.0 23.5 35.5 4.1 2.3 6.9
3562 Thunder Bay Public Health Unit 15.2 12.0 18.9 23.1 17.7 29.6 7.2 4.4 11.1
3563 Timiskaming Public Health Unit 14.2 8.5 22.2 21.8 12.1 36.2 6.6 2.1 15.8
3565 Waterloo Public Health Unit 8.8 7.3 10.6 13.7 11.0 16.8 4.1 2.7 5.9
3566 Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit 6.9 5.1 9.1 10.8 7.6 14.7 3.0 1.5 5.3
3568 Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit 11.5 9.6 13.7 18.3 15.0 22.2 4.9 3.3 7.0
3570 York Public Health Unit 4.5 3.6 5.5 6.2 4.8 8.0 2.7 1.8 3.9
3595 City of Toronto Public Health Unit 8.7 8.1 9.4 12.4 11.2 13.5 5.3 4.6 6.1
46 Manitoba 11.2 10.1 12.3 18.6 16.6 20.8 3.8 3.0 4.9
4610 Winnipeg 11.2 9.8 12.8 18.2 15.6 21.1 4.6 3.4 6.1
4615 Brandon 9.2 5.1 15.2 15.9 8.4 27.6 2.7 0.5 8.9
4620 North Eastman 12.2 7.0 20.0 18.7 9.8 32.3 5.4 1.4 14.5
4625 South Eastman 5.1 2.4 9.7 8.8 3.9 17.4 1.3 0.1 6.3
4630 Interlake 14.7 10.3 20.4 25.1 17.1 35.6 3.7 1.2 8.8
4640 Central 5.9 3.6 9.3 10.4 6.1 16.8 1.4 0.2 4.6
4650 Marquette 12.2 7.0 20.0 22.6 12.6 37.6 1.8 0.1 8.4
4655 South Westman 7.5 3.5 14.3 15.1 7.0 28.6 -- -- --
4660 Parkland 20.7 13.9 29.6 34.8 22.6 51.3 6.2 2.0 14.8
4670 Norman 18.3 10.2 30.5 32.9 17.8 55.8 2.9 0.2 13.9
4680, 4690 Burntwood and Churchill 13.0 7.9 20.1 20.8 12.1 33.5 4.5 1.2 12.1
4680 Burntwood -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4690 Churchill -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
47 Saskatchewan 13.3 12.0 14.6 21.6 19.3 24.0 5.1 4.0 6.3
4701 Weyburn (A) Service Area 18.6 13.0 25.7 33.2 22.8 46.8 3.4 0.9 9.2
4702 Moose Jaw (B) Service Area 11.9 7.6 17.8 20.5 12.5 31.7 3.4 0.9 9.1
4703 Swift Current (C) Service Area 6.4 3.1 11.7 10.0 4.4 19.6 2.8 0.5 9.2
4704 Regina (D) Service Area 13.2 10.7 16.0 20.4 16.1 25.5 6.1 4.0 9.1
4705 Yorkton (E) Service Area 13.4 8.8 19.4 21.6 13.6 32.8 5.3 1.9 11.6
4706 Saskatoon (F) Service Area 11.5 9.3 14.0 18.4 14.6 23.0 4.7 3.0 7.1
4707 Rosetown (G) Service Area 11.7 7.1 18.3 17.7 9.8 29.4 5.6 1.8 13.3
4708 Melfort (H) Service Area 17.4 11.3 25.7 30.0 18.9 45.5 4.6 1.2 12.3
4709 Prince Albert (I) Service Area 14.1 9.8 19.6 22.0 14.5 31.9 6.2 2.7 12.2
4710 North Battleford (J) Service Area 13.8 9.3 19.6 23.2 15.2 34.0 4.0 1.3 9.6
4711 Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area 25.9 17.1 37.6 42.8 27.2 64.2 8.4 2.7 20.1
48 Alberta 15.7 14.8 16.5 24.5 23.1 26.1 6.7 5.9 7.5
4801 Chinook Regional Health Authority 15.4 12.0 19.4 23.8 17.9 30.9 6.9 4.0 11.1
4802 Palliser Health Authority 9.6 6.3 13.9 10.7 6.1 17.5 8.4 4.4 14.6
4803 Headwaters Health Authority 16.4 11.6 22.5 24.1 16.1 34.7 8.5 4.2 15.6
4804 Calgary Regional Health Authority 14.0 12.6 15.5 22.3 19.8 25.0 5.5 4.4 7.0
4805 Health Authority #5 18.9 13.0 26.7 33.5 22.5 47.9 3.9 1.0 10.4
4806 David Thompson Regional Health Authority 14.5 11.6 18.0 23.0 17.8 29.2 5.9 3.5 9.4
4807 East Central Health Authority 14.8 10.9 19.5 24.7 17.8 33.5 4.5 2.0 8.9
4808 Westview Regional Health Authority 18.3 13.7 23.9 29.5 21.3 39.7 6.8 3.3 12.4
4809 Crossroads Regional Health Authority 30.8 21.9 42.1 51.4 35.3 72.3 10.2 4.2 21.2
4810 Capital Health Authority 15.6 14.1 17.3 22.3 19.7 25.1 9.0 7.4 10.8
4811 Aspen Regional Health Authority 17.0 12.5 22.5 29.4 21.3 39.6 3.9 1.4 8.6
4812 Lakeland Regional Health Authority 20.0 15.5 25.3 34.9 26.7 44.8 4.4 1.9 8.7
4813 Mistahia Regional Health Authority 17.5 12.9 23.1 30.7 22.3 41.2 3.2 1.0 7.7
4814 Peace Regional Health Authority 20.4 11.4 34.0 39.5 22.0 65.7 -- -- --
4815 Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority 26.9 16.7 41.1 40.8 23.7 65.6 11.8 3.8 28.2
4816 Northern Lights Regional Health Authority 20.6 13.4 30.4 32.5 20.1 49.7 7.5 2.4 18.0
4817 Northwestern Regional Health Authority 17.0 8.3 31.1 32.7 15.9 59.7 -- -- --
59 British Columbia 10.6 10.0 11.2 17.2 16.1 18.3 4.1 3.6 4.6
5901 East Kootenay 11.0 7.3 15.8 21.6 14.4 31.2 -- -- --
5902 West Kootenay-Boundary 14.7 10.4 20.1 22.8 15.4 32.5 6.6 3.0 12.4
5903 North Okanagan 18.4 14.3 23.4 28.2 21.0 37.1 8.7 5.1 14.0
5904 South Okanagan Similkameen 13.3 10.7 16.3 20.7 16.1 26.1 6.2 3.9 9.3
5905 Thompson 18.2 14.3 22.7 28.4 21.6 36.6 7.7 4.5 12.4
5906 Fraser Valley 12.2 9.8 15.1 18.9 14.7 23.9 5.5 3.4 8.4
5907 South Fraser Valley 7.1 5.9 8.4 11.9 9.7 14.5 2.2 1.3 3.4
5922 Burnaby/Simon Fraser 9.1 7.6 10.7 13.9 11.4 16.8 4.2 2.9 5.9
5917 Burnaby 8.7 6.5 11.4 14.0 10.1 19.0 3.5 1.8 6.3
5908 Simon Fraser 9.3 7.4 11.4 13.9 10.8 17.6 4.6 2.9 6.9
5909 Coast Garibaldi 10.9 7.1 16.0 16.0 9.8 24.7 5.6 2.3 11.5
5910 Central Vancouver Island 13.7 11.2 16.7 21.2 16.8 26.5 6.3 4.0 9.3
5911 Upper Island/Central Coast 16.3 12.5 20.9 28.2 21.2 36.7 4.0 1.8 7.9
5912 Cariboo 17.7 12.8 24.0 30.9 21.9 42.5 3.7 1.2 8.9
5913 North West 9.6 6.4 13.9 16.3 10.6 24.0 2.3 0.6 6.2
5914 Peace Liard 7.2 4.1 11.8 11.0 5.8 19.0 3.2 0.8 8.6
5915 Northern Interior 9.8 7.0 13.3 17.0 12.0 23.5 2.1 0.7 5.1
5921 Vancouver/Richmond 8.7 7.5 10.1 14.8 12.6 17.3 2.8 1.9 4.0
5916 Vancouver 9.5 8.1 11.0 16.0 13.4 18.9 3.0 2.0 4.4
5919 Richmond 6.2 4.3 8.8 10.5 6.9 15.4 2.1 0.8 4.6
5918 North Shore 5.7 3.9 8.0 9.0 5.8 13.2 2.6 1.1 5.0
5920 Capital 11.1 9.1 13.3 17.5 14.0 21.6 5.0 3.4 7.3
6001 Yukon Territory 20.9 13.1 31.6 34.0 20.5 53.2 6.5 1.7 17.6
6101 Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 12.0 6.9 19.2 19.9 11.1 33.1 3.3 0.6 10.8
6201 Nunavut 67.3 50.8 87.6 98.0 71.0 132.0 33.0 17.9 55.9

1. Data sources: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics, Death Database and Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9)
3. Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional health boards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities.
4. Counts in this table are based on three years of death data (for example, 1995 to 1997), summed and divided by three. Rates are based on these counts divided by the population estimate of the middle year. The reference period associated with these data reflects the mid-point of the three-year period (for example, 1996).
5. Confidence intervals for selected causes of death data were produced using the Fleiss method. Source: Fleiss JL. Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions, Second Edition. New York:, Wiley and Sons, 1981.
6. The 95 % confidence interval (CI) illustrates the degree of variability associated with a number or a rate. Wide confidence intervals indicate high variability, thus, these numbers or rates should be interpreted and compared with due caution.
7. In Prince Edward Island, the two health regions divide the province into urban and rural components. The province has defined these health regions for statistical purposes only.
8. In Nova Scotia, health regions are known as "health zones" and relate to the province’s administrative health region boundaries.
9. In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
10. Because of the small population of Churchill health region (4690), Manitoba (population: 1,110 in 1996), vital statistics data presented for region 4680 (Burntwood) are aggregates of Burntwood and Churchill regions.
11. In Saskatchewan, "service areas" have been created from groupings of the 33 health districts.
12. CANSIM table number 01020003.