Tracking progress in suicide prevention in Indigenous communities: a challenge for public health surveillance in Canada

Table 2 Incidence of emergency department visits for self injury, hospitalization for self injury, and suicide mortality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Canada

	Population (Year)	ED Visits for Self Injury				Hospitalization for Self Injury				Suicide Mortality
	Population (Year)	Cases, n=	CR	ASR	95% CI or SE	Cases, n=	CR	AR	95% CI or SE	Cases, n=	CR	ASR	95% CI or SE
Alberta
First Nations	162,921 (2014)	1,373	838.99	716.01	(SE 29.4)	382	233.47	212.69	(SE 24.11)	73	44.81	45.59	(SE 23.21)
Non-First Nations	3,957,981 (2014)	5,763	142.9	142.96	(SE 1.91)	1,824	45.23	45.85	(SE 1.09)	454	11.47	11.8	(SE 0.57)
Ontario
Northern Ontario	70,994 (2012)	449	632.9	615.6	(558.2–673.0)	131	184.7	183.7	(151.9–15.4)	28	39.4	39.1	(24.5–53.7)
Ontario, General Population	11,968,556 (2012)	15,976	129.5	132.4	(130.3–134.5)	7,620	61.8	63	(61.6–64.4)	1,223	10.2	10.2	(9.7–10.8)
Nunavut
Inuit	30,424 (2014)	–	–	–	–	–	–	194	(146–242)	26	72.1	62.7	–
Canada, General Population	35,535,348 (2014)	–	–	–	–	–	–	66	(66–67)	4,254	12	12	–

ED Emergency Department, CR Crude Rate, AR Age-Adjusted Rate, CI 95% Confidence Interval, SE Standard Error; Not reported (−); Population estimates are not those used in the rate calculations; Nunavut Inuit population is from the Nunavut Beareau of Statistics; ED and hospitalization data is for 2015; mortality data is for 2012 in Ontario, and 2014 elsewhere; hospitalization and suicide rates for Nunavut are calculated based on the event and population for the territory including Inuit and non-Inuit. DATA SOURCES: Statistics Canada [74], Canadian Institute for Health Information [77], Public Health Ontario [78], and Alberta Health [79]

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