Hon Adele Farina asks the Attorney General for suicide statistics in the Bunbury Coronial District for 2012-2014, including breakdowns by gender and age, and the number of suspected suicides awaiting determination. The Attorney General provides the requested data, noting limitations in age range specificity.

AnsweredQoN 1852Legislative Council
Asked
22 October 2014
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I refer to suicide statistics in the Bunbury Coronial District, and ask: (a) for each of 2012, 2013 and 2014 to date, what was the confirmed number of suicides; (b) for each year stated in (a), how many were: (i) female; (ii) male; (iii) under the age of 16 years; (iv) 16-18 years; (v) 18-25 years; (vi) 25-45 years; and (vii) 45 years and over; and (c) for each of 2012, 2013 and 2014 to date, how many suspected suicides are yet to be determined by the Coroner?

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Answered
18 November 2014
Response time
27 days
With regard to suicide statistics in the Bunbury district the answers are as follows:
(a) 2012 - 20
2013 - 25
2014 - 15 (as at 24 October 2014)
(b)(i)- (ii)
Female
Male
2012
6
14
2013
3
22
2014
6
9
(iii) The Coroner's case management system is unable to provide reliable data for the specific age ranges requested. Data provided by the National Coroners Information System (NCIS) is as follows:
under 25 years of age
25 years of age and older
2012
3
17
2013
6
19
2014
5
10
(c)  Suspected suicides yet to be determined: (as at 24 October 2014)
2012 - 0
2013 - 1
2014 - 10

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