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(KPL/Xinhua) Over 3,000 Australians died by suicide in 2025, according to official data published on Tuesday, with males accounting for a significant majority.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said that 3,283 of the 188,421 deaths registered nationally in 2025 were classified as being due to suicide, making it the 15th most common cause of death.
The figure was a slight decrease from the 3,326 suicide deaths reported in 2024, but the ABS noted that the number is expected to rise as ongoing coronial investigations progress.
It said that 73.9 percent of all people who died by suicide in 2025 were males.
The median age at death for those who died by suicide was 45.0 years. For males, it was 45.5 years, and for females it was 43.8 years.
By comparison, no other cause of death that ranked in the top 20 nationally in 2025 had a median age at death lower than 65.5 years.
The ABS said that suicide was the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15-44 in 2025 and was the overall leading cause of premature mortality, with suicide victims accounting for 108,674 combined years of potential life lost.
KPL
