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Methodology: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance for England

How the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) puts together the data in its quarterly near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance reports.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 30 November 2023

Applies to England

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Methodology: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England

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OHID publishes quarterly near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance for England (nRTSSS) statistics.

This document provides an overview of statistical approaches used in these reports, including:

• details of the data set used to produce these statistics
• how monthly suspected suicide rates are calculated
• how quarterly proportions of suspected suicides by method type group are calculated
• a summary of strengths and limitations of this approach to reporting

Published 30 November 2023