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Australian statistics
Every day in Australia, it is estimated that:
1000
around 1000 people think about suicide
250
approximately 250 people make a suicide plan
200
around 200 people attempt suicide (more than one new attempt every 10 minutes)
8
almost eight people die by suicide (accounting for 1.7% of death from all causes)1
Source: Lifeline – Statistics on suicide in Australia
Suicide rates have generally trended downwards since a peak in 1997 (14.6 per 100,000 people); however, between 2013 and 2014 the rate increased from 10.9 per 100,000 to 12.0 per 100,000.17
Reproduced with permission from: Mindframe. Facts and stats about suicide in Australia. Newcastle, NSW: Mindframe, 2016. [Accessed 6 May 2016]; based on data from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death, Australia, 2014. Cat. No. 3303.0. Belconnen, ACT: ABS, 2015. [Accessed 6 May 2016].
References
- Mindframe National Media Initiative. Facts and stats about suicide in Australia. Australia: Mindframe National Media Initiative, 2016. [Accessed 1 February 2016].
- Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death, Australia 2014. Catalogue No. 3303.0 Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2016 [updated 8 March 2016]. [Accessed 1 February 2016].