"Figure 1: Males saw a statistically significantly lower suicide rate in 2020 than 2019 ","" "Age-standardised suicide rates by sex, England and Wales, registered between 1981 and 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in [Section 8: Glossary](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2020registrations#glossary). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Includes deaths of non-residents. 4. Figures are for deaths registered, not deaths occurring in each calendar year. Because of the time taken to complete an inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details are available in [Section 6](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2020registrations#registration-delays)." "Unit","ASMRs per 100,000 population" "","" "Year","Persons","Males","Females" "1981","14.5","19.2","10.5" "1982","14.1","18.9","10.1" "1983","13.8","18.8","9.5" "1984","13.9","18.9","9.5" "1985","14.3","19.6","9.8" "1986","13.8","19.8","8.7" "1987","13.3","19.3","8.1" "1988","14.0","20.9","8.1" "1989","12.4","18.4","7.0" "1990","12.8","19.5","6.8" "1991","12.5","19.3","6.5" "1992","12.5","19.4","6.4" "1993","11.8","18.1","6.1" "1994","11.5","17.9","5.7" "1995","11.5","17.9","5.6" "1996","10.9","17.1","5.4" "1997","10.7","16.5","5.5" "1998","11.7","18.3","5.6" "1999","11.5","18.2","5.5" "2000","11.1","17.2","5.6" "2001","10.7","16.8","5.1" "2002","10.3","15.8","5.2" "2003","10.4","16.0","5.2" "2004","10.5","16.0","5.5" "2005","10.0","15.4","5.1" "2006","9.5","14.8","4.7" "2007","9.0","14.2","4.2" "2008","9.5","14.9","4.5" "2009","9.6","15.0","4.5" "2010","9.3","14.4","4.5" "2011","9.9","15.4","4.7" "2012","9.8","15.6","4.4" "2013","10.4","16.6","4.4" "2014","10.3","16.0","4.8" "2015","10.3","15.8","5.0" "2016","9.7","15.1","4.5" "2017","9.4","14.4","4.6" "2018","10.5","16.2","5.0" "2019","11.0","16.9","5.3" "2020","10.0","15.4","4.9"