Release:Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations

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Beth Manders, Jasveer Kaur

Release date:
3 September 2019 09:30

Next release:
To be announced

Registered deaths in the UK from suicide analysed by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased and suicide method.

Publications

Data

  • Suicide occurrences, England and Wales

    Number of suicides and suicide rates, by sex and age, for England and Wales occurring from 1981 to 2020.

  • Suicides in England and Wales by local authority

    Number of suicides, suicide rates and median registration delays, by local authority in England and Wales, registered from 2001 to 2021.

  • Suicides in England and Wales

    Number of suicides and suicide rates, by sex and age, in England and Wales, registered from 1981 to 2021. Information on conclusion type is provided, along with the proportion of suicides by method and the median registration delay

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