Mental Health and Access to Care Survey (MHACS)

Suicidal thoughts of person, status

Suicidal thoughts refers to whether or not a person had, in a specified time period, seriously considered committing suicide (taking their own lives).

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Suicidal Thoughts Status, Lifetime
  Data tables

  • Mental Health Profile, Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health (CCHS), by age group and sex, Canada and provinces Table: 105-1101
• Suicidal Thoughts Status, previous 12 Months
  Data tables

  • Mental Health Profile, Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health (CCHS), by age group and sex, Canada and provinces Table: 105-1101