Table A.1
Prevalence of lifetime and past-year suicidal thoughts among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal adults, by sex and age

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Table A.1
Prevalence of lifetime and past-year suicidal thoughts among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal adults, by sex and age group, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of lifetime and past-year suicidal thoughts among off-reserve First Nations Percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Percent 95% confidence interval
from to
Past-year suicidal thoughts (18+ years)  
Off-reserve First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and sexes combined 4.8 4.0 5.6
Off-reserve First Nations, sexes combined 5.6 4.1 7.0
Métis, sexes combined 4.0 3.3 4.6
Inuit, sexes combined 5.9 4.7 7.2
Off-reserve First Nations, Inuit and Métis combined, by sex (18+ years)  
Men 4.5 3.5 5.6
Women 5.0 4.0 5.9
Off-reserve First Nations, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 7.1Note E: Use with caution 4.7 9.5
26 to 59 yearsNote † 5.8Note E: Use with caution 3.8 7.8
Métis, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 5.4 3.7 7.2
26 to 59 yearsNote † 4.4 3.5 5.4
Inuit, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 11.3Note * 7.8 14.8
26 to 59 yearsNote † 4.9 3.4 6.4
Non-Aboriginal (provinces only), sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 5.0Note * 3.5 6.5
26 to 59 yearsNote † 3.1 2.6 3.6
Lifetime suicidal thoughts (18+ years)  
Off-reserve First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and sexes combined 19.5 18.3 20.6
Off-reserve First Nations, sexes combined 21.1 19.3 22.9
Métis, sexes combined 17.5 15.9 19.1
Inuit, sexes combined 22.3 19.9 24.7
Off-reserve First Nations, Inuit and Métis combined by sex (18+ years)  
Men 16.3 14.6 17.9
Women 21.9 20.4 23.5
Off-reserve First Nations, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 16.9Note * 13.7 20.0
26 to 59 yearsNote † 24.0 21.6 26.3
Métis, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 15.7Note * 12.6 18.7
26 to 59 yearsNote † 19.6 17.6 21.6
Inuit, sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 26.7 22.3 31.2
26 to 59 yearsNote † 23.5 20.4 26.6
Non-Aboriginal (provinces only), sexes combined  
18 to 25 years 14.7Note * 12.7 16.7
26 to 59 yearsNote † 12.4 11.5 13.4
E use with caution
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significantly different from 26-59 year olds at p<0.05

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reference category

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Sources: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012; Canadian Community Health Survey – Mental Health, 2012.
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