Official Statistics

Suicide prevention profile updates

Data on suicide, associated prevalence, risk factors and service contact among groups at increased risk.

From:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Published
6 November 2018
Last updated
4 February 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Suicide prevention profile

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/profile/suicide

Statistical commentary: suicide prevention profile, May 2024 update

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Statistical commentary: suicide prevention profile, February 2019 update

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Statistical commentary: suicide prevention profile, November 2018 update

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Details

For integrated care board (ICB) and NHS region geographies:

  • the age-standardised suicide rate by age and sex (5 years pooled) indicator has been published for the first time at these geographies for the period 2012 to 2022
  • the suicide rate (3 years pooled) indicator has been updated for the period 2012 to 2022

For England, upper tier local authority (UTLA) and region geographies:

  • the age-standardised suicide rate by age and sex (5 years pooled) indicator has been updated to include the latest period 2019 to 2023

The suicide prevention profile has been produced to help develop understanding at a local level and support an intelligence-driven approach to suicide prevention. It provides planners, providers and stakeholders with the means to profile their area and benchmark against similar populations.

Updates to this page

Published 6 November 2018
Last updated 4 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. New age and gender specific suicide rate and updated suicide rate indicators for integrated care board and NHS region geographies; updated age and gender specific suicide rate indicator for upper tier local authorities.

  2. The suicide rate indicator has been updated for England, regions, upper and lower tier local authorities for the period 2021 to 2023.

  3. New age and gender specific suicide rates, and update of years of life lost due to suicide age-standardised rates, for England, regions and upper tier local authorities. This update is accompanied by a statistical commentary.

  4. New data for the period 2020 to 2022 and data update for the period 2012 to 2021 of suicide rate indicators for England, regions county, unitary authority and district level.

  5. New data on years of life lost due to suicide. Updated data in related risk factors domain.

  6. Updated with latest data on suicide prevention profile.

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  13. Updated with latest data on the Suicide Prevention Profile website.

  14. First published.

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