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The UK’s deficit on seasonally adjusted trade in goods and services was £1.1 billion in December. The deficit on trade in goods was £7.1 billion. The surplus on trade in services was estimated at £6.0 billion.

Production output decreased by 3.3 per cent in December 2011, compared with December 2010. Manufacturing output increased by 0.8 per cent in December 2011, compared with December 2010.

In the three months to December 2011, seasonally adjusted estimates of international visits to the UK remained broadly unchanged versus the previous three months, while visits from the UK fell by 1 per cent.

There were 8,790 alcohol-related deaths in the UK in 2010, 126 more than in 2009. This increase was limited to males. The number of female deaths fell over the same period.

In 2010, there were 5,608 suicides in people aged 15 years and over in the UK, 67 fewer than the 5,675 recorded in 2009. The suicide rate was 17.0 per 100,000 population for men and 5.3 per 100,000 population for women.

Gross Domestic Product decreased 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011, driven by weakness in the production sector and the construction sector. Service sector output was unchanged.