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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
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 (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Total number of annual deaths by suicide
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
General Ontario population as of July 1 for each calendar year 
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized
Age and sex standardized
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