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^{Note: Iceland is as at 2009. Slovenia is as at 2010. Canada is as at 2011. Denmark, Greece, Italy, and New Zealand are as at 2012. Belgium, Chile, France, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States are as at 2013. All other countries are as at 2014.}

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Information about the New Zealand data

Figures 1, 2, and 3

Date published: February 2017
Next update expected: July 2017
Update frequency: Annually
Specific classification used: The underlying cause of death is classified using the Australian Version of The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), 6th Edition. 
Geographic coverage: National
Demographic information available? Yes
Internationally recognised measure? Yes – but with variability in definitions and recording across countries.
Source: Ministry of Health, Mortality Collection – Suicide facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations
Purpose of the survey or data: The Mortality Collection is a record of all registered deaths in New Zealand, including all registered foetal deaths.
Data quality: Mortality Collection Data Dictionary, version 1.3, July 2009

Information about the international data

Figure 4

Date published: February 2017
Next update expected: July 2017 
Update frequency: Annually
Geographic coverage: OECD countries
Source: OECD health data (sourced from the World Health Organisation Mortality Database)
Purpose of the survey or data: To provide comprehensive and dynamic statistics about mortality.
Data quality: See OECD Health Statistics 2016: Definitions, sources and methods (PDF, 88kb) 

Want to know more?

Ministry of Health – Mortality 2013 online tables
Ministry of Health – Suicide facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2013
Ministry of Health – Preventing suicide
Statistics NZ – Serious injury outcome indicator reports for 2000–15 
The Ministry of Social Development – The Social Report 2016 – Te pūrongo oranga tangata
OECD – OECD Factbook 2015-2016: Economic, environmental and social statistics – Suicides 
World Health Organisation – International Classification of Diseases
OECD – OECD.StatExtracts 
Ministry of Health – ICD-10-AM and coding standards