Erratum

https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.12.03

This erratum is being published to correct a number of errors, including inaccurate references, on pages 380 and 383 of the following article:

Simpson A, Furlong A, Jetha N. At-a-glance – Bringing equity into the fold: a review of interventions to improve mental health. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018;38(10):380-4. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.38.10.04.

Before correction

According to the Canadian chronic disease surveillance statistics, more than one in ten individuals are affected by a mood or anxiety disorder in Canada, representing nearly three-quarters of the population that uses health services for a mental illness annually.^{Footnote 9}  Of the 4000 deaths by suicide each year in Canada, more than 90 percent of individuals were experiencing a mental illness or mental health problem.^{Footnote 10} Suicide is the second leading cause of death in children, youth and young adults aged 10-29 years.^{Footnote 10} Boys account for 65% of suicides among 15-19 year olds, while girls account for over 80% of self-harm hospitalizations in that same age group.^{Footnote 11Footnote 12} Perhaps less known, girls aged 10-14 years account for 59% of suicides in that age cohort.^{Footnote 11}

After correction

According to estimates from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, close to one in ten individuals in Canada used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in 2009/10, which represents about three-quarters of Canadians who used health services for a mental illness.^{Footnote 9} Of the approximately 4000 deaths by suicide each year in Canada, research suggests that almost 90 percent of individuals may have been living with a mental illness or mental health problem.^{Footnote 10} According to 2016 data, suicide is the second leading cause of death in youth and young adults aged 15-29 years.^{Footnote 11} Boys account for 64% of suicides among 15-19 year olds^{Footnote 11} while girls account for approximately 83% (excludes Quebec data) of self-harm hospitalizations in that same age group.^{Footnote 12} Perhaps less known, girls aged 10-14 years account for 66% of suicides in that age cohort.^{Footnote 11}