NUMBER OF SUICIDES, 1989 - 1993

Mr Low Thia Khiang asked the Minister for Home Affairs what is the number of suicides and the rate of suicides per 100,000 population by age groups of 10 years' interval for each of the years from 1989 to 1993.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The answer is given in the table below. NO. OF SUICIDES BY AGE-GROUP (1989-1993) _______________________________________________________________ Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 __________________________________________ Total Age-Group Number Number Number Number Number _______________________________________________________________ Below 16 8 11 3 5 4 31 16 - 19 24 20 6 3 10 63 20 - 29 77 102 32 49 43 303 30 - 39 65 75 38 59 49 286 40 - 49 44 45 24 32 37 182 50 - 59 23 31 12 20 22 108 Above 60 75 52 48 69 65 309 _______________________________________________________________ Total 316 336 163 237 230 1,282 _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 ________________________________________________ Age-Group Number Number Number Number Number _______________________________________________________________ Per 100,000 population _______________________________________________________________ Below 16 1.2 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 16 - 19 13.3 11.3 3.5 1.8 6.1 20 - 29 14.3 19.8 6.3 9.6 8.4 30 - 39 12.2 13.7 6.7 10.2 8.3 40 - 49 13.5 13.6 6.9 8.6 9.2 50 - 59 10.6 14.3 5.3 8.6 9.4 Above 60 32.7 21.1 18.8 26.1 23.7 _______________________________________________________________ Total 11.8 12.4 5.9 8.4 8.0 _______________________________________________________________