Are young female suicides increasing? A comparison of sex-specific rates and characteristics of youth suicides in Australia over 2004–2014

Table 1 Suicide counts and crude mortality rates (per 100,000 person-years) by sex, 2004–2014

	Females		Males		Total
	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate
Total	961	4.11	2748	11.17	3709	7.72
Age
10–14yo	57	.76	82	1.05	139	.91
15–19yo	394	5.12	924	11.40	1318	8.3
20–24yo	510	6.15	1742	20.09	2252	13.27
Aboriginal/TSI	149	13.79	347	30.76	496	22.46
No/unknown	812	3.64	2401	10.22	3213	7.01
State/Territory of Residence
NSW	216	2.89	629	8.01	845	5.51
VIC	218	3.77	602	9.91	820	6.92
QLD	249	5.19	676	13.53	925	9.44
SA	71	4.35	218	12.27	289	8.33
WA	134	5.43	382	14.56	516	10.14
TAS	24	4.55	66	11.84	90	8.30
NT	38	14.31	123	41.73	161	28.73
ACT	6	1.43	45	10.24	51	5.94
N/A^a	4	–	6	–	10	–
Year of Death
2004	84	4.16	254	12.04	338	8.19
2005	69	3.38	261	12.21	330	7.89
2006	73	3.54	253	11.71	326	7.72
2007	78	3.73	255	11.61	333	7.77
2008	69	3.25	241	10.77	310	7.11
2009	80	3.72	231	10.15	311	7.02
2010	88	4.06	218	9.55	306	6.88
2011	105	4.84	260	11.39	365	8.19
2012	121	5.54	251	10.95	372	8.31
2013	95	4.33	272	11.78	367	8.15
2014	99	4.49	252	10.83	351	7.74

Aboriginal/TSI Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria, QLD Queensland, SA South Australia, WA Western Australia, TAS Tasmania, NT Northern Territory, ACT Australian Capital Territory
^aNot applicable (includes overseas residents or those with no fixed address)

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