❓ Question on Notice regarding suicide statistics in the Bunbury district for 2012-2014, including confirmed suicides, suspected suicides awaiting inquest, and inquest completion times. The answer provides the requested data, noting that most cases are finalised administratively.
AnsweredQoN 1806Legislative Council
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I refer to suicide statistics for the Bunbury district, and I ask: (a) what is the number of confirmed suicides in the Bunbury district in: (i) 2012; (ii) 2013; and (iii) 2014 to date; (b) what is the number of suspected suicides still awaiting coronial inquests in: (i) 2012; (ii) 2013; and (iii) 2014 to date; and (c) what is the shortest, and longest time, taken for the Coroner to complete an inquest in relation to a suspected suicide in the Bunbury district, from the date of referral to handing down a decision in: (i) 2012; (ii) 2013; and (iii) 2014 to date?
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Answered
18 November 2014
Response time
28 days
(a) The number of suicides in the Bunbury district is as follows:
(i) 20
(ii) 25 (1 case still open)
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: 15 (10 cases still open)
(b) Number of suspected suicides awaiting inquest (please note, only a Coroner can determine if a case will proceed to inquest. Most suicides are finalised by way of administrative finding without an inquest being held):
(i) Nil
(ii) 1 (potentially)
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: 10 (potentially)
(c) Shortest and longest time for inquest (please note most suicides are finalised by way of administrative finding rather than inquest being held):
(i) Shortest 129 days - Longest 1130 days
(ii) Shortest 84 days - Longest 331 days
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: Shortest 97 days - Longest 186 days (to date).
(i) 20
(ii) 25 (1 case still open)
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: 15 (10 cases still open)
(b) Number of suspected suicides awaiting inquest (please note, only a Coroner can determine if a case will proceed to inquest. Most suicides are finalised by way of administrative finding without an inquest being held):
(i) Nil
(ii) 1 (potentially)
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: 10 (potentially)
(c) Shortest and longest time for inquest (please note most suicides are finalised by way of administrative finding rather than inquest being held):
(i) Shortest 129 days - Longest 1130 days
(ii) Shortest 84 days - Longest 331 days
(iii) As at 24 October 2014: Shortest 97 days - Longest 186 days (to date).
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