Official statistics from the Alberta Chief Medical Examiner’s office for the year 1986, with comparisons to the previous year: data is provided in the form of 9 tables, which include suicides by age group, Calgary & Edmonton; by age group for the province; by religion & age group; male/female by age group with comparitive figures for 1985; by 100,000 population by year (1960-1986); & by rates in selected cities for 1985 & 1986. Overall rates rose from 16.9 in 1985 to 18.0 per 100,000 in 1986.