FOI reference: FOI-2026-3346
You asked
Please provide figures showing the number of deaths by suicide for Agricultural and Related Trades (SOC minor group 511) in each year between 2020 and 2025, or to the latest available data.
Please also provide figures for deaths by suicide for Managers and Proprietors in Agriculture Related Services (SOC minor group 121) for the same year range.
Please split figures between males and females.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We have published the number of deaths due to suicide by occupation of the deceased in our deaths registered in the years 2020 to 2022 data, and in our deaths registered in the years 2023 to 2024 provisional data. Tables 5 to 8 provide breakdowns of deaths due to suicide in the agricultural professions for England and Wales respectively, broken down by sex.
Occupation is reported at the time of death registration by the informant. Data on occupation is coded using the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020). The recorded occupation likely reflects the deceased's main lifetime occupation or their occupation at the time of death.
SOC Code: 511 Agricultural and Related Trades
SOC Code: 121 Agricultural Related Services
SOC Code: 5111 Farmers
SOC Code: 5112 Horticultural trades
SOC Code: 5119 Agricultural and fishing trade (n.e.c)
Please note that the numbers detailed here cannot be used to ascertain the risk of suicide among occupations. Differences in numbers of deaths may merely reflect the underlying population structure as opposed to differences in risk.
All deaths due to suicide are referred to a coroner. This means that we do not get informed of these deaths until the coroner has reached a verdict and registered the death , meaning the registration is delayed. More information on registration delays is available in our Impact of registration delays on mortality statistics dataset.
As we are still in the data collection period for deaths that were registered in 2025, we have not published any information on suicides registered in 2025. However, provisional figures for deaths due to suicide by occupation for deaths registered in 2025, along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order, subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs. This can be requested from health.data@ons.gov.uk. Please note that as the median registration delay for deaths due to suicide in 2024 was 204 days, any provisional data for 2025 is likely to be a significant undercount of suicides occurring in 2025.