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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks a detailed breakdown of suspected suicide deaths by age and gender, but the Attorney General responds that the Coroner's Court cannot provide the data due to system limitations and privacy concerns. Limited data is provided in a tabled paper.

AnsweredQoN 1667Legislative Council

Asked

17 September 2014

Member

Hon Stephen Dawson

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Attorney General

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I refer to suspected deaths by suicide reported to the State Coroner and the response provided by the Attorney General to question without notice No. 971, and I ask for each of the suspected suicides for periods listed what is the breakdown by gender and by the following age brackets: (a) 10-14 years of age; (b) 15-19 years of age; (c) 20-24 years of age; (d) 25-29 years of age; (e) 30-34 years of age; (f) 35-39 years of age; (g) 40-44 years of age; (h) 45-49 years of age; (i) 50-54 years of age; (j) 55-59 years of age; (k) 60-64 years of age; (l) 65-69 years of age; (m) 70-74 years of age; (n) 75-79 years of age; (o) 80-84 years of age; and (p) 85 years of age and over?

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Answered

14 October 2014

Response time

27 days

I am advised that the Coroner's Court is unable to provide the data requested. The Coroner's Court case management system is case specific and cannot run data sets. Furthermore, gender is not provided for risk of identifying individual cases in remote areas. Data is provided for persons under and over 25 years of age in the tabled paper. Please see Table No.

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