Suicides and suicide rate, by sex and by age group (Both sexes no.)

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Suicides and suicide rate, by sex and by age group
(Both sexes no.)
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Both sexes
	number of suicides
All ages¹	3,743	3,512	3,611	3,705	3,890
10 to 14	43	31	33	25	25
15 to 19	213	152	185	208	202
20 to 24	296	265	290	255	277
25 to 29	228	237	282	256	258
30 to 34	283	243	235	257	298
35 to 39	381	318	325	316	332
40 to 44	495	418	403	452	431
45 to 49	476	459	486	468	491
50 to 54	407	369	410	418	476
55 to 59	294	328	307	337	371
60 to 64	166	209	203	224	241
65 to 69	138	145	115	145	138
70 to 74	99	104	102	114	122
75 to 79	113	113	103	100	82
80 to 84	66	62	76	67	73
85 to 89	31	39	42	42	54
90 and older	13	20	14	21	19
1. "All ages" includes suicides of children under age 10 and suicides of persons of unknown age. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 102-0551. Last modified: 2012-05-31.

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