The Northwest Territories' chief coroner has released early data on suicide in the territory after noticing an 'alarming' upsurge in these kinds of deaths.
'Alarming' number of suicides in N.W.T. prompts coroner to release data earlier than usual
Twenty-nine people in the N.W.T. died by suicide in the past 21 months. The majority of them were young men. While statistics for the majority of the Northwest Territories are "in line" with with historical levels, he said the number of deaths by suicide for the Beaufort Delta region "were up dramatically."
A chart in the latest coroner's report shows an overwhelming number of young men represented in the statistics on suicide deaths.in the territory showed the number of suicides fluctuating between seven and 13 each year between 2011 and 2020.So far this year, that number has jumped to 17 per cent — 18 out of 106 deaths so far in 2022.
"We just don't understand why it's in the Beaufort Delta, not the not the rest of the regions," Eggenberger said.
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