Description for Chart 1
Age-standardized suicide rate, per 100,000, by sex, Canada, 1950-2009

This line chart illustrates the age-standardized suicide rate of the Canadian population by sex from 1950 to 2009.
The Y axis measures the rate of suicides per 100,000 population, and increases by increments of 5 from 0 to 25.
On the X axis, from left to right, are the years from 1950 to 2009.

The age-standardized suicide rate (per 100,000 population) for both sexes was 9.06 in 1950, 8.70 in 1951, 8.64 in 1952, 8.39 in 1953, 8.55 in 1954, 8.46 in 1955, 9.23 in 1956, 9.07 in 1957, 8.98 in 1958, 8.66 in 1959, 9.20 in 1960, 9.17 in 1961, 8.67 in 1962, 9.23 in 1963, 10.01 in 1964, 10.61 in 1965, 10.29 in 1966, 10.83 in 1967, 11.62 in 1968, 12.73 in 1969, 11.62 in 1970, 13.33 in 1971, 13.45 in 1972, 13.74 in 1973, 13.95 in 1974, 13.08 in 1975, 13.38 in 1976, 14.69 in 1977, 15.23 in 1978, 14.37 in 1979, 14.17 in 1980, 13.83 in 1981, 14.29 in 1982, 15.12 in 1983, 13.59 in 1984, 12.73 in 1985, 14.16 in 1986, 13.66 in 1987, 13.11 in 1988, 12.81 in 1989, 12.21 in 1990, 12.81 in 1991, 13.08 in 1992, 13.23 in 1993, 12.88 in 1994, 13.48 in 1995, 13.17 in 1996, 12.09 in 1997, 11.85 in 1998, 13.09 in 1999, 11.45 in 2000, 11.47 in 2001, 11.18 in 2002, 11.33 in 2003, 10.83 in 2004, 10.95 in 2005, 10.06 in 2006, 10.25 in 2007, 10.36 in 2008, and 10.72 in 2009.

The age-standardized suicide rate (per 100,000 population) for males was 13.83 in 1950, 12.97 in 1951, 13.13 in 1952, 12.99 in 1953, 12.91 in 1954, 12.75 in 1955, 14.17 in 1956, 14.13 in 1957, 14.29 in 1958, 13.77 in 1959, 14.59 in 1960, 14.73 in 1961, 13.60 in 1962, 13.91 in 1963, 15.11 in 1964, 15.85 in 1965, 15.44 in 1966, 15.99 in 1967, 17.13 in 1968, 18.35 in 1969, 19.07 in 1970, 19.44 in 1971, 19.18 in 1972, 19.67 in 1973, 20.23 in 1974, 18.92 in 1975, 19.21 in 1976, 21.86 in 1977, 23.03 in 1978, 21.69 in 1979, 21.72 in 1980, 21.12 in 1981, 22.36 in 1982, 23.58 in 1983, 21.34 in 1984, 20.37 in 1985, 22.40 in 1986, 21.57 in 1987, 20.77 in 1988, 20.16 in 1989, 19.72 in 1990, 20.88 in 1991, 20.96 in 1992, 21.39 in 1993, 20.83 in 1994, 21.86 in 1995, 21.18 in 1996, 19.54 in 1997, 19.51 in 1998, 21.13 in 1999, 18.08 in 2000, 18.11 in 2001, 17.74 in 2002, 17.79 in 2003, 16.67 in 2004, 16.97 in 2005, 15.67 in 2006, 15.70 in 2007, 15.68 in 2008, and 16.55 in 2009.

The age-standardized suicide rate (per 100,000 population) for females was 4.03 in 1950, 4.20 in 1951, 3.95 in 1952, 3.67 in 1953, 4.08 in 1954, 3.99 in 1955, 4.10 in 1956, 3.87 in 1957, 3.53 in 1958, 3.49 in 1959, 3.63 in 1960, 3.56 in 1961, 3.67 in 1962, 4.49 in 1963, 4.90 in 1964, 5.45 in 1965, 5.17 in 1966, 5.75 in 1967, 6.24 in 1968, 7.21 in 1969, 7.38 in 1970, 7.31 in 1971, 7.84 in 1972, 7.88 in 1973, 7.85 in 1974, 7.42 in 1975, 7.72 in 1976, 7.71 in 1977, 7.70 in 1978, 7.22 in 1979, 6.99 in 1980, 6.85 in 1981, 6.56 in 1982, 7.12 in 1983, 6.21 in 1984, 5.46 in 1985, 6.31 in 1986, 6.06 in 1987, 5.79 in 1988, 5.81 in 1989, 5.05 in 1990, 5.06 in 1991, 5.46 in 1992, 5.37 in 1993, 5.26 in 1994, 5.40 in 1995, 5.52 in 1996, 4.94 in 1997, 5.08 in 1998, 5.27 in 1999, 5.03 in 2000, 4.89 in 2001, 4.84 in 2002, 5.06 in 2003, 5.14 in 2004, 5.08 in 2005, 4.64 in 2006, 4.94 in 2007, 5.07 in 2008, and 4.94 in 2009.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; Statistics Canada, table 051-0001 - Estimates of population, by age group and sex for July 1, Canada, provinces and territories.