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

As of 2017, around 15 percent of Aboriginal females aged 15 years and older in Canada reported that they seriously contemplated suicide at least once in their lifetime. This statistic illustrates the percentage of Aboriginal individuals in Canada who reported suicidal thoughts in 2017, by gender.

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

Characteristic	Male	Female
Seriously contemplated suicide in the past 12 months	4%	6.7%
Seriously contemplated suicide but not in the past 12 months	10.4%	15.3%
Never seriously contemplated suicide	84.9%	77.2%
Not specified whether ever seriously contemplated suicide	0.7%	0.8%

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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

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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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