"Figure 6: Highest suicide rates seen among those aged 45 to 49 for both males and females","" "Age-specific suicide rates by sex and five-year age groups, UK, registered in 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in [Section 3, Things you need to know about this release](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2018registrations#things-you-need-to-know-about-this-release). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 population. 4. Rates were not calculated where there were fewer than three death registrations. 5. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK. 6. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Owing to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in [Section 9, Registration delays have increased in England and Wales since the previous year](https://publishing.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2018registrations#registration-delays-have-increased-in-england-and-wales-since-the-previous-year)." "Unit","Age-specific suicide rates" "","" "","Persons","Males","Females" "10-14","0.4","0.5","0.3" "15-19","6.7","9.0","4.4" "20-24","11.2","16.9","5.1" "25-29","12.0","18.3","5.5" "30-34","13.3","21.0","5.6" "35-39","13.1","19.9","6.3" "40-44","15.2","23.6","6.9" "45-49","18.1","27.1","9.2" "50-54","15.2","23.5","7.2" "55-59","12.1","18.4","5.9" "60-64","10.9","16.2","5.9" "65-69","8.6","12.5","5.0" "70-74","7.0","10.8","3.5" "75-79","8.0","13.0","3.7" "80-84","9.1","17.2","2.8" "85-89","10.5","19.4","4.8" "90+","9.9","20.7","5.0"