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NOVEMBER 28, 2000 The suicide rate on the Pikangikum Ojibwa Reserve in Ontario is being called the highest in the world. Two reports confirm an an eight-year average of 213 suicides per 100,000 people between 1992 and 2000, and a nine-year average of 205 suicides per 100,000 people in the period between 1991 and this month. The rate alone this year is 470 deaths per 100,000, 36 times the national average Suicides are so common that there are nightly suicide patrols on the reserve. In particularly, the rise in female suicides has leaders and health experts worried. Get the Story:
Ontario native suicide rate one of highest in world, expert says (CP 11/27)
Suicide rate said to be highest in world
Facebook TwitterNOVEMBER 28, 2000 The suicide rate on the Pikangikum Ojibwa Reserve in Ontario is being called the highest in the world. Two reports confirm an an eight-year average of 213 suicides per 100,000 people between 1992 and 2000, and a nine-year average of 205 suicides per 100,000 people in the period between 1991 and this month. The rate alone this year is 470 deaths per 100,000, 36 times the national average Suicides are so common that there are nightly suicide patrols on the reserve. In particularly, the rise in female suicides has leaders and health experts worried. Get the Story:
Ontario native suicide rate one of highest in world, expert says (CP 11/27)
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