Sex differences in suicide mortality in Newfoundland and Labrador: An observational study with medical examiner data from 1997 to 2016

Globally, the suicide rate is two times higher for males than for females. This observational study analyzed a routinely collected dataset based on all medical examiner-determined suicide deaths among people aged 10 years and older in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, between 1997 and 2016. The objectives of this study were to describe the overall and age-specific rates of suicide by sex and to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of males and females who died by suicide.