TABLE 32
SUICIDE DEATHS BY MONTH AND GENDER
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998
| |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| Month |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| January |
39 |
12.0 |
4 |
4.3 |
43 |
10.3 |
| February |
26 |
8.0 |
14 |
14.9 |
40 |
9.5 |
| March |
28 |
8.6 |
9 |
9.6 |
37 |
8.8 |
| April |
26 |
8.0 |
5 |
5.3 |
31 |
7.4 |
| May |
26 |
8.0 |
8 |
8.5 |
34 |
8.1 |
| June |
19 |
5.8 |
12 |
12.8 |
31 |
7.4 |
| July |
39 |
12.0 |
5 |
5.3 |
44 |
10.5 |
| August |
36 |
11.1 |
8 |
8.5 |
44 |
10.5 |
| September |
20 |
6.2 |
8 |
8.5 |
28 |
6.7 |
| October |
21 |
6.5 |
8 |
8.5 |
29 |
6.9 |
| November |
25 |
7.7 |
5 |
5.3 |
30 |
7.2 |
| December |
20 |
6.2 |
8 |
8.5 |
28 |
6.7 |
| TOTAL |
325 |
100.0 |
94 |
100.0 |
419 |
100.0 |
Note: Suicide Deaths - ICD9 = E950-E959.
Total percentage may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
Non-residents are excluded.
- Of the 419 suicide deaths in the province in 1998, four out of five (325) were male.
- The distribution of suicide deaths by month varies from year to year. In 1998, July and August each had the most total suicides (44) and September and December each had the least (28) total suicides.
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