Template:Table C-3: Suicide in Canada
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2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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Total suicides | 3,606 | 3,692 | 3,650 | 3,765 | 3,613 | 3,743 | 3,512 | 3,611 |
Change: | n/a | +2.4% | -1.1% | +3.2% | -4.0% | +3.6% | -6.2% | +2.8% |
Suicide by Firearm | 685 | 651 | 633 | 618 | 568 | 593 | 586 | 534 |
Change: | n/a | -4.9% | -2.8% | -2.4% | -8.1% | +4.4% | -1.2% | -8.9% |
The fact of the matter is that the absence of a firearm does not prevent suicide; it merely changes the method. If this were not so, we would see a corresponding decrease in the total number of suicides but, as the data above shows, there is no such relation.
[edit] References
- ↑ Statistics Canada. Table 102-0551 - Deaths and mortality rate, by selected grouped causes, age group and sex, Canada, annual, CANSIM (database).
Actual terms used in the StatsCan report are "Intentional self-harm (suicide)" and "Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms."
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