❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requests data on youth suicides (under 25) in rural and regional WA from 2006 to the present, including location and Indigenous status. The Attorney General provides overall numbers but refers to a tabled paper for specific details.
AnsweredQoN 3774Legislative Council
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I refer to the number of youth suicides in rural and regional Western Australia, and I ask -
(1) How many young people, under the age of 25, died by suicide for the years 2006 to the present?
(2) What town and what years did these suicides occur?
(3) Of those who died by suicide, how many were of Aboriginal, and how many of non-Aboriginal backgrounds?
(1) How many young people, under the age of 25, died by suicide for the years 2006 to the present?
(2) What town and what years did these suicides occur?
(3) Of those who died by suicide, how many were of Aboriginal, and how many of non-Aboriginal backgrounds?
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Answered
17 May 2011
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Attorney General
Response time
54 days
The data from the National Coronial Information System below relates to the number
of suicides in Western Australia by young people under the age of 25 from the 2006
calendar year on and broken down by jurisdictional region.
(1) 2006 = 49
2007 = 48
2008 = 53
2009 = 41
2010 = 41
(2) - (3) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No___________ ]
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of suicides in Western Australia by young people under the age of 25 from the 2006
calendar year on and broken down by jurisdictional region.
(1) 2006 = 49
2007 = 48
2008 = 53
2009 = 41
2010 = 41
(2) - (3) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No___________ ]
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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