ABS data summary 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides in-depth data and statistical information around suicide-related deaths across Australia.
Mindframe supports media professionals in communicating and contextualising statistical information safely to the public through advice, infographics, and downloadable summaries.
Quick reference guide for communicating safely about suicide and self-harm data
Use this quick reference guide alongside the Mindframe guidelines.
Why are the ABS statistics important?
The ABS Causes of Death data provide in-depth statistics information around suicide-related deaths across the country.
Statistics referencing suicide provide context and are drawn upon in policy and decision making, media and communications and in raising community awareness.
ABS Causes of Death data summary 2023
A summary of the data was prepared by Everymind using the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2023 Causes of Death data, released 10 October 2024. The data summary was used to support the Mindframe media and stakeholder briefing upon its release.
ABS Causes of Death data 2023
Released by the ABS on Thursday, 10 October 2024
- In 2023 there were 3,214 deaths by suicide with an age-standardised rate of 11.8 per 100,000.
- There were 2,419 male deaths with an age-standardised rate of 18.0 per 100,000.
- There were 795 female deaths with an age-standardised rate of 5.8 per 100,000.
- More than three-quarters (75.3%) of people who died by suicide were male.
A full breakdown of the data will be available via Life in Mind.
Snapshot: ABS Causes of Death data release 2023
Mindframe briefing
Everymind supported the ABS with this data release by hosting a Mindframe briefing via a live webinar on Thursday, 10 October 2024.
You can watch a recording of this webinar below.
The webinar features presentations from:
- Dr Jaelea Skehan, Director, Everymind
- Dr Alex Hains, Acting Head, National Suicide Prevention Office
- Professor Pat Dudgeon, Director, Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
- Dr Elizabeth Paton, Mindframe Project Lead, Everymind
- Jon Eddy, suicide prevention and lived experience advocate
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