"Figure 1: Age-standardised suicide rates: by sex, deaths registered in each year from 1981 to 2013","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in the section 'Suicide definition' 2. Figures are for persons aged 15 years and over 3. Rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population (2013). Prior to 1994, the upper age group was 85+ rather than 90+ 4. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK 5. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year" "Unit","Age-standardised rate per 100,000 population" "","" "Year","Male","Female" "1981","20.8","11.2" "1982","20.6","10.9" "1983","20.4","10.2" "1984","20.4","10.1" "1985","21.4","10.5" "1986","21.7","9.4" "1987","20.9","8.7" "1988","22.8","8.8" "1989","20.3","7.7" "1990","21.5","7.4" "1991","21.0","7.0" "1992","21.2","7.0" "1993","20.4","6.8" "1994","20.0","6.5" "1995","20.1","6.3" "1996","19.3","6.1" "1997","18.8","6.2" "1998","20.5","6.4" "1999","20.5","6.1" "2000","19.6","6.2" "2001","19.1","5.9" "2002","18.2","5.9" "2003","18.0","5.8" "2004","18.0","6.2" "2005","17.4","5.8" "2006","17.2","5.3" "2007","16.6","5.0" "2008","17.4","5.3" "2009","17.1","5.2" "2010","16.8","5.2" "2011","17.8","5.6" "2012","17.9","5.2" "2013","19.0","5.1"