Description for Chart 8
Divorce and suicide rates, per 100,000, Canada, 1950 to 2008

This line chart illustrates the divorce and suicide rates of the Canadian population from 1950 to 2008.
The left-sided Y axis measures the rate of divorces per 100,000 population, and increases by increments of 50 from 0 to 400.
The right-sided Y axis measures the rate of suicides per 100,000 population, and increases by increments of 2 from 0 to 16.
On the X axis, from left to right, are the years from 1950 to 2008.

The divorce rate per 100,000 was 39.28 in 1950, 37.62 in 1951, 39.08 in 1952, 41.50 in 1953, 38.75 in 1954, 38.56 in 1955, 37.32 in 1956, 40.26 in 1957, 36.76 in 1958, 37.42 in 1959, 39.06 in 1960, 35.98 in 1961, 36.42 in 1962, 40.60 in 1963, 44.70 in 1964, 45.68 in 1965, 51.16 in 1966, 54.79 in 1967, 54.79 in 1968, 124.25 in 1969, 139.81 in 1970, 135.17 in 1971, 145.78 in 1972, 163.19 in 1973, 197.38 in 1974, 218.69 in 1975, 231.16 in 1976, 233.37 in 1977, 238.51 in 1978, 245.74 in 1979, 252.98 in 1980, 272.65 in 1981, 280.43 in 1982, 270.31 in 1983, 254.51 in 1984, 239.84 in 1985, 300.01 in 1986, 363.75 in 1987, 311.69 in 1988, 296.95 in 1989, 283.35 in 1990, 274.70 in 1991, 278.57 in 1992, 272.71 in 1993, 271.99 in 1994, 264.95 in 1995, 241.57 in 1996, 225.40 in 1997, 229.11 in 1998, 233.25 in 1999, 231.85 in 2000, 229.25 in 2001, 223.75 in 2002, 223.86 in 2003, 218.04 in 2004, 221.02 in 2005, 229.25 in 2006, 222.19 in 2007, and 210.77 in 2008.

The suicide rate per 100,000 was 7.78 in 1950, 7.40 in 1951, 7.30 in 1952, 7.10 in 1953, 7.22 in 1954, 7.05 in 1955, 7.62 in 1956, 7.50 in 1957, 7.44 in 1958, 7.10 in 1959, 7.55 in 1960, 7.49 in 1961, 7.16 in 1962, 7.59 in 1963, 8.22 in 1964, 8.73 in 1965, 8.57 in 1966, 9.03 in 1967, 9.76 in 1968, 10.91 in 1969, 11.33 in 1970, 11.65 in 1971, 11.96 in 1972, 12.33 in 1973, 12.72 in 1974, 12.13 in 1975, 12.52 in 1976, 13.98 in 1977, 14.50 in 1978, 13.87 in 1979, 13.70 in 1980, 13.71 in 1981, 14.03 in 1982, 14.80 in 1983, 13.43 in 1984, 12.61 in 1985, 14.06 in 1986, 13.59 in 1987, 13.10 in 1988, 12.80 in 1989, 12.20 in 1990, 12.82 in 1991, 13.07 in 1992, 13.26 in 1993, 12.93 in 1994, 13.55 in 1995, 13.31 in 1996, 12.31 in 1997, 12.27 in 1998, 13.40 in 1999, 11.75 in 2000, 11.90 in 2001, 11.64 in 2002, 11.90 in 2003, 11.31 in 2004, 11.61 in 2005, 10.78 in 2006, 10.97 in 2007, and 11.12 in 2008.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Divorces Database; Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 051-0001 - Estimates of population, by age group and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories.
Note: These data have not been age-standardized.