"Figure 1: The suicide rate in England and Wales has increased in recent years","" "Age-standardised suicide rates, by sex, England and Wales, registered between 1981 and 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in [Section 10: Glossary](https://publishing.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/changeinthestandardofproofusedbycoronersandtheimpactonsuicidedeathregistrationsdatainenglandandwales/2020-12-08#glossary). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Age-standardised suicide rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 4. Figures include deaths of non-residents, based on latest postcode boundaries. 5. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Because of the length of time it takes to complete a coroner's inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. " "Unit","
Age-standardised suicide rate per 100,000" "","" "","Persons","Males ","Females" "1981","14.5","19.2","10.5" "1982","14.1","18.9","10.1" "1983","13.8","18.8","9.5" "1984","13.9","18.9","9.5" "1985","14.3","19.6","9.8" "1986","13.8","19.8","8.7" "1987","13.3","19.3","8.1" "1988","14","20.9","8.1" "1989","12.4","18.4","7" "1990","12.8","19.5","6.8" "1991","12.5","19.3","6.5" "1992","12.5","19.4","6.4" "1993","11.8","18.1","6.1" "1994","11.5","17.9","5.7" "1995","11.5","17.9","5.6" "1996","10.9","17.1","5.4" "1997","10.7","16.5","5.5" "1998","11.7","18.3","5.6" "1999","11.5","18.2","5.5" "2000","11.1","17.2","5.6" "2001","10.7","16.8","5.1" "2002","10.3","15.8","5.2" "2003","10.4","16","5.2" "2004","10.5","16","5.5" "2005","10","15.4","5.1" "2006","9.5","14.8","4.7" "2007","9","14.2","4.2" "2008","9.5","14.9","4.5" "2009","9.6","15","4.5" "2010","9.3","14.4","4.5" "2011","9.9","15.4","4.7" "2012","9.8","15.6","4.4" "2013","10.4","16.6","4.4" "2014","10.3","16","4.8" "2015","10.3","15.8","5" "2016","9.7","15.1","4.5" "2017","9.4","14.4","4.6" "2018","10.5","16.2","5" "2019","11","16.9","5.3"