Description – Chart 15 Suicide rate by age group, Canada, 2006

age group Females Males
percentage
1 to 14 0.7 0.5
15 to 24 4 14.6
25 to 34 5.3 16.1
35 to 44 6 23
45 to 54 8.4 24.5
 55 to 64 5.9 23.6
65 to 74 6.5 15.9
75 to 84 4.3 21.4
85 and over 2.2 31.1
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database, Death Database and Estimates of the Population, 2006.