ABS Causes of Death data summary 2015

Suicide Data 2015

Released 28 September 2016

About this summary• The summary was prepared by staff at the Hunter Institute of

Mental Health to inform national communication activities under the Mindframe National Media Initiative.

• A full summary of data can be found on the Mindframe website at www.mindframe-media.info/for-media/reporting-suicide/facts-and-stats

• Mindframe reminds media and communication professionals accessing this summary of the need to be responsible and accurate when reporting on or communicating about suicide.

• Resources to support reporting and professional communication are available at www.mindframe-media.info

About this summary

• This is a summary of suicide death data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), released on 28 September 2016 in Catalogue 3303.0.

• This summary represents major trends in the 2015 (preliminary) data, trends by age group over time and state variations.

• As the release of the 2015 preliminary data was earlier than previous years, the data shown here represents 2013 (first revision) and both 2014 and 2015 preliminary data. The first revision of 2014 and final revision of 2013 data will be available in early 2017.

Notes about using statistics

• The gap between preliminary and subsequent revisions, has been closing due to the ABS receiving information faster from coronial processes in each state and territory.

• ABS advises that care should be taken in comparing 2015 data with:

– Previous years, as some data has been subject to a quality improvement process;

– Pre-2006 data as this data was not subject to the revision process.

• Due to the relatively small numbers of suicides in some states and territories, even one or two deaths can have a significant impact on standardised suicide rates. Thus comparisons across Australia must be done cautiously.

General summaryThere were 3,027 deaths due to suicide in 2015 at an age-specific rate of 12.7 per 100,000.

This equates to and average of 8.3 deaths by suicide in Australia each day.

About 76% of those who died by suicide were male, a ratio of more than 3:1.

There were 2,292 maledeaths at a age-specific rate of 19.4 per 100,000.

There were 735 femaledeaths at a age-specific rate of 6.2 per 100,000.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are approximately twice as likely to die by suicide than non-Indigenous people.

In 2015, there were 152Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people who died by suicide, at a rate of 25.5 per 100,000.

While age-specific suicide rates are lower than the most recent peak in 1997 (14.6 per 100,000) they have increased between 2013 (10.9 per 100,000), 2014 (12.2 per 100,000) and 2015 (12.7 per 100,000).

Preliminary Suicide Rates, 2015

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+

Age category

Male Preliminary

Female Preliminary

Suicide Rates (1989-2015)

Preliminary Male

Revised Male

Preliminary Female

Revised Female

15-19 Year oldsAge-specific Suicide Rates 1989-2015

MaleFemale

Female

MaleFemale

*Note – Statistics available prior to 1997 reported the eldest category as 75 plus. To include this data for illustrative purposes, data here represents 75 or older for all data pre 1997.

Female

*Note – Statistics available prior to 1997 reported the eldest category as 75 plus. To include this data for illustrative purposes, data here represents 75+ for all data pre 1997.

85+ Year oldsAge-specific Suicide Rates 1989-2015

MaleFemale

*Note – Statistics available prior to 1997 reported the eldest category as 75 plus. To include this data for illustrative purposes, data here represents 75+ for all data pre 1997.

Based on the age-standardised death rate from 2015ABS 3303.0 – Causes of Death, Australia

15.0 per 100,000

21.0 per 100,000

13.4 per 100,000

15.7 per 100,000

10.6 per 100,000

11.6 per 100,00010.8 per

100,000

16.3 per 100,000

Age-standardised death rates by State and Territory 2006-2015

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

NSW Vic. Qld

SA WA Tas.

NT ACT

Mindframe National Media Initiative

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illness and suicide in the Australian mass media.

For more information and to view the range of Mindframe resources, visit: www.mindframe-media.info

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