"Figure 3: There was a statistically significant decrease in the age-specific suicide rate for all persons aged 30 to 39 years between April and December 2020 ","" "Age-specific suicide rates for broad age groups, England and Wales, deaths occurring between April and December, between 2015 and 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics suicide definition is given in the [Glossary](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/deathsfromsuicidethatoccurredinenglandandwales/apriltodecember2020#glossary). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 population. 4. Figures for England and Wales combined (area code K04000001) include death of non-residents. 5. Figures are for deaths occurring, rather than deaths registered in each calendar year. Because of the time it takes to complete a coroner's inquest, it can take months or years for suicides to be registered." "Unit","Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 population" "","" "Age group","10 to 19","20 to 29","30 to 39","40 to 49","50 to 59","60 to 69","70 to 79","80 to 89","90 and over" "April and December 2015","2.5","9.7","11.3","14.3","13.9","8.9","6.3","10.0","8.7" "April and December 2016","2.8","9.1","11.1","14.4","13.0","9.1","7.6","8.1","11.3" "April and December 2017","3.6","9.7","11.7","14.9","12.5","8.7","7.5","8.5","12.1" "April and December 2018","3.0","11.9","13.4","15.6","14.6","9.4","7.8","10.8","9.5" "April and December 2019","2.8","11.3","13.9","15.2","13.4","9.3","7.3","8.8","9.5" "April and December 2020","2.4","9.9","11.0","13.7","13.3","9.6","7.0","7.1","8.6"