Table 12: Rates of suicide and suicide hospitalisation, per 100,000 population, 2010-11
|
|
MC |
IR |
OR |
R |
VR |
|
|
Age standardised rate per 100,000 people |
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|
Suicide death rate |
9.4 |
10.7 |
12.9 |
16.8 |
18.1 |
|
Suicide hospitalisation rate |
111.6 |
132 |
124.6 |
153.2 |
166.2 |
|
|
Rate ratios |
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|
Suicide death rate |
1.00 |
1.14 |
1.37 |
1.79 |
1.93 |
|
Suicide hospitalisation rate |
1.00 |
1.18 |
1.12 |
1.37 |
1.49 |
According to AIHW, suicide death rates were 14% and 37% higher in IR and OR areas, and 79% and 93% higher in Remote and Very remote areas.
Table 13: Suicide death rate, per 100,000 population, 2011
|
Population |
Suicide rate (deaths per 100,000 population) |
|
Persons inside Major cities |
8.2 |
|
Persons outside Major cities |
13.6 |
|
15-29 males inside Major cities |
15 |
|
15-29 males outside Major cities |
32 |
|
Non Indigenous persons |
9.6 |
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons |
25.7 |
|
15-24 non Indigenous persons |
8.1 |
|
15-24 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons |
41.2 |
|
Persons employed, Qld |
10.6 |
|
Persons in agriculture, Qld |
24.1 |
Source: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features30Mar+2011
and re Qld: http://www.matesinconstruction.org.au/flux-content/mic/pdf/suicideinselectedoccupations.pdf
Suicide death rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is about double that for non-Indigenous people. Young people, particularly in rural areas, and particularly Indigenous people, as well as people employed in agriculture have higher rates again.