TABLE 2—
Crude Rates and ASMR per 100 000 Person-Years and Rate Ratios for Suicide by Region and Gender: Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada, 1993–2009
| Region (Aboriginal Group) Gender | Suicide Deaths, No. | Person-Years | Crude Ratea | ASMRa (95% CI) | ASMR Ratio (95% CI) |
| Newfoundland | |||||
| Male | 522 | 3 672 450 | 14.2 | 14.0 (12.8, 15.2) | 1 (Ref) |
| Female | 95 | 3 875 800 | 2.5 | 2.4 (1.9, 2.9) | 1 (Ref) |
| Both | 617 | 7 549 140 | 8.2 | 8 (7.4, 8.7) | 1 (Ref) |
| Labrador | |||||
| Male | 110 | 206 050 | 53.4 | 55.1 (44.1, 66.1) | 3.9 (3.2, 4.9) |
| Female | 18 | 199 125 | 9.0 | 8.3b (4.4, 12.1) | 3.5 (2.1, 5.8) |
| Both | 128 | 405 050 | 31.6 | 31.8 (26.0, 37.6) | 4.0 (3.2, 4.8) |
| Nunatsiavut (Inuit communities) | |||||
| Male | 48 | 17 605 | 272.6 | 248.7 (175.4, 322.0) | 17.8 (13.1, 24.1) |
| Female | 16 | 16 480 | 97.1 | 75.5b (37.4, 113.6) | 31.5 (18.3, 54.4) |
| Both | 64 | 34 270 | 186.8 | 165.6 (122.7, 208.5) | 20.6 (15.7, 27.0) |
| Innu Communities (Innu First Nations) | |||||
| Male | 28 | 10 295 | 272.0 | 223.2 (136.0, 310.4) | 15.9 (10.7, 23.8) |
| Female | 0 | 10 405 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) |
| Both | 28 | 20 435 | 137.0 | 114.0 (69.1, 158.9) | 14.2 (9.5, 21.2) |
| Upper Lake Melville (Inuit, Southern Inuit, and non-Aboriginal population) | |||||
| Male | 14 | 61 550 | 22.7 | 21.7c (10.2, 33.2) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) |
| Female | 1 | 62 825 | 1.6 | 1.5c (0.0, 4.4) | 0.6 (0.1, 4.4) |
| Both | 15 | 124 405 | 12.1 | 11.3c (5.5, 17.1) | 1.4 (0.8, 2.4) |
| South Coast-Straits (Southern Inuit communities) | |||||
| Male | 6 | 36 005 | 16.7 | 19.8c (3.6, 35.9) | 1.4 (0.6, 3.2) |
| Female | 1 | 32 865 | 3.0 | 2.5c (0.0, 7.5) | 1.1 (0.1, 7.6) |
| Both | 7 | 68 965 | 10.2 | 11.9c (2.7, 21.2) | 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) |
| Labrador West | |||||
| Male | 14 | 80 750 | 17.3 | 21.5c (7.7, 35.2) | 1.5 (0.8, 2.9) |
| Female | 0 | 76 555 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) |
| Both | 14 | 156 990 | 8.9 | 11.2c (4.1, 18.3) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.7) |
Note. ASMR = age-standardized suicide mortality rate; CI = confidence interval; RSE = relative standard error. Person-years may not sum to totals due to rounding. ASMR and ratio estimates are rounded.
a
Per 100 000 person-years.
b
RSE for the ASMR is 23%–25%; therefore, the rate estimate has borderline reliability.
c
RSE is > 25% for the ASMR; therefore, the rate estimate is less reliable and should be interpreted with caution.