❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on suicide verdicts by the coroner, broken down by metropolitan and regional areas. The parliamentary secretary provides corrected figures and regional breakdowns, noting data limitations.
AnsweredQoN 313Legislative Council
Asked
14 April 2011
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
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SUICIDE VERDICTS — CORONER
I refer to the 290 verdicts of suicide announced by the coroner. (1) How many were in the metropolitan area? (2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN
I refer to the 290 verdicts of suicide announced by the coroner. (1) How many were in the metropolitan area? (2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(1) How many were in the metropolitan area? (2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions?
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(1) How many were in the metropolitan area? (2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(2) How many were in regional Western Australia, and of those — (a) in which regions did they occur; and (b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(b) how many suicides occurred in each of those regions?
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
I confirm that the figure of 290 verdicts of suicide referred to, as reported by The West Australian , is incorrect. The correct figure quoted by the coroner is 260. (1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(1) The figure for 2010 is 194. (2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
(2) Albany, eight; Broome, seven; Bunbury, 22; Carnarvon, zero; Geraldton, 11; Kalgoorlie, seven; Kununurra, two; Northam, four; and South Hedland, five. That is a total of 66. These figures are provisional and subject to final determination as suicides by the coroner. I point out that the question was first asked on 5 April 2011 and the figures are current as of that date.
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