Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance for England: data to January 2025
Reporting of deaths by suspected suicide, acting as an early warning system for indications of change in suicides to inform suicide prevention.
Applies to England
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The near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) data for England is classified as official statistics in development.
This publication includes:
- data that covers the most recent 24-month period
- data that covers the most recent 5 quarters
- additional and revised data due to occasional delayed submission
The nRTSSS data presents rates of suspected suicides in England broken down by age group and sex. It also gives an overview of suspected suicide method. It is supplemented by:
- data tables to provide access to relevant data
- a methodology document to provide an overview of data quality assessment, inclusion criteria and statistical approaches used
The primary purpose of the nRTSSS is to provide suicide prevention planners with an early indication of changes in trends of suicide to inform and enable a more timely and targeted response.
These statistics moved from a monthly to a quarterly publication (updated in January, April, July and October) in January 2025. This decision was made following recent user research. Further changes to the content and presentation will follow.