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25 A reduction in the death rates from suicide and injury of undetermined intent (England).

Baseline and trends: Baseline data –1995–97. For this period, the suicide plus undetermined injury death rate for England was 12 per 100,000 working-age adults. Suicide rates showed a downward trend in the first half of the 1990s, but in the late 1990s there were modest increases. Since 1998 - 2000, rates have fallen, and are now at their lowest for at least 30 years.

Mortality rates per 100,000 working-age adults from suicide and injury of undetermined intent (England)

Mortality rates per 100,000 working-age adults from suicide and injury of undetermined intent
Suicide and injury of undetermined intent (England)
Rate per 100,000 adults of working age
1988-90 1989-91 1990-92 1991-93 1992-94 1993-95 1994-96 Baseline
1995-97
1996-98
13.2 13.1 13.2 12.9 12.4 12.2 12.0 12.0 12.2
1997-99 1998-2000 1999-2001 2000-02 2001-03 2002-04 2003-05 2004-06  
12.6 12.7 12.2 11.7 11.4 11.2 11.1 10.8  
Note:Due to data limitations, the 15 to 64-year-old age group is used as a proxy for 16 to 64-year-olds. Data from 1993 onwards are not directly comparable with data from 1992 and earlier years due to changes in coding. There is a discontinuity between the years 2000 and 2001 due to a change in coding from ICD9 to ICD10, which may affect the comparability of the data. Figures involving data for 2000-02 to 2003-05 have been recalculated using revised population estimates for 2002 to 2005 issued by ONS August 2007.

Definition: Three-year average (age-standardised) rate of deaths from intentional self-harm and injury of undetermined intent – excluding cases where a verdict is pending. For original definition see Appendix 2 of the Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation, White Paper. The indicator presented here is for 15 to 64-year-olds, rather than the whole population.

Data source: Office for National Statistics data, calculations by Department of Health.

Further information

Summary of suicide data –Office for National Statistics: www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=1092&Pos=3&ColRank=2&Rank=1000

Information on suicide to 2004 –Office for National Statistics: www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=13618

For more information on the strategy for suicide prevention in England:

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