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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Deaths by Suicide
Alternate Name
Rate of deaths by suicide per 100,000 people
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator measures the Rate of deaths by suicide per 100,000 people
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public Reports (annual report, bulletins and theme reports)
Dimension
Effective
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Rate per 100,000 people
Calculation Methods
Numerator divided by the denominator times 100,00
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Total number of annual deaths by suicide

Time frame: (2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2012-2014, 2015-2017)

C&Y Numerator:  Total number of annual deaths by suicide ages 10-24

Exclusions:

-          Ages <10, >24

-          No valid IKN / Cannot be linked in RPDB

-          Not Ontario resident (pull the PRCDDABLK and exclude if first two characters NE ‘35’)

-          Sex not equal to Male or Female

Adult  Numerator :  Total number of annual deaths by suicide ages 16-105

Time frame: (2006-2017)

Exclusions:

-          Ages <16, >105

-          No valid IKN / Cannot be linked in RPDB

-          Not Ontario resident (pull the PRCDDABLK and exclude if first two characters NE ‘35’)

-          Sex not equal to Male or Female


Notes:

-          Apply exclusion criteria to the numerator independently (i.e. do not use the denominator file to create the numerator; numerator is not a direct subset)

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

General Ontario population as of July 1 for each calendar year
 
C&Y denominator:  Total number of Ontario residents ages 10-24
 
Time frame: (2006-2008, 2009-2011, 2012-2014, 2015-2017)
 
Exclusions:
-          Ages <10, >24
-          No valid IKN / Cannot be linked in RPDB
-          Not Ontario resident (pull the PRCDDABLK and exclude if first two characters NE ‘35’)
-          Sex not equal to Male or Female
 
Adult denominator:  Total number of Ontario residents ages 16-105
 
Time frame: (2006-2017)
 
Exclusions:
-          Ages <16, >105
-          No valid IKN / Cannot be linked in RPDB
-          Not Ontario resident (pull the PRCDDABLK and exclude if first two characters NE ‘35’)
-          Sex not equal to Male or Female 

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

Age and sex standardized to the 2006 Ontario census population

C&Y:
• Males: 10-13, 14-17, 18-21, 22-24 years
• Females: 10-13, 14-17, 18-21, 22-24 years


Adults:
• Males: 16-24, 25-44, 45-64,65-84, 85-105 years

• Females: 16-24, 25-44, 45-64,65-84, 85-105 years 

Data Source
Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Province, Region
 
TAGS
Sector
Other
Type
Outcome
Topic
Mental Health and Addiction, Population Health
Dimension
Effective
Source
Registered Persons Database (RPDB), Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Databases
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
18/02/2021 14:58:00