Aboriginal individuals who reported suicidal thoughts by age Canada 2017 | Statista

In 2017, around 11 percent of Aboriginal individuals aged 15 to 24 years in Canada reported that they seriously contemplated suicide in the past 12 months. This statistic illustrates the percentage of Aboriginal individuals in Canada who reported suicidal thoughts in 2017, by age.

Percentage of Aboriginal individuals in Canada who reported suicidal thoughts in 2017, by age

Characteristic	15 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 44 years	45 to 54 years	55 years and over
Seriously contemplated suicide in the past 12 months	10.8%	5%	4.9%	4.1%	2.5%
Seriously contemplated suicide but not in the past 12 months	12.6%	13.1%	15.2%	15%	10.5%
Never seriously contemplated suicide	75.9%	80.6%	79.5%	80.2%	86%
Not specified whether ever seriously contemplated suicide	0.7%	-	-	-	0.9%

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December 2020

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

998,520 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Adapted from Statistics Canada, 150.statcan.gc.ca, 2017. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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