"Figure 9: Suicide rate in higher education students, including 169 students where reason for leaving university was death, deaths registered in England and Wales, ","" "between the 12 months ending July 2001 and the 12 months ending July 2017^1,2,3,4,5^","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in “Things you need to know about this release” section of the article. 2. Figures for the 12 months ending July 2017 are provisional. Deaths that occurred in 2017 may not be registered in 2017 due to 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. More details can be found in the ""Registration delays"" section of the article. 3. Figures are for persons aged 18 years and over. 4. Figures are based on the last HESA year the deceased was registered in. HESA year is the period of 1 August to 31 July. 5. Crude rates per 100,000 students registered with HESA. UK populations prior to the 12 months ending July 2013 have been used and adjusted to create an England and Wales population. More information can be found in the ‘Creating rates for student suicides’ section." "Unit","Rate per 100,000" "","" "HESA year","Rate of suicide in Higher Education students","Rate including the 169 students where death was the reason for leaving Higher Education" "2000/01","3.1","3.6" "2001/02","3.1","3.7" "2002/03","4.3","4.8" "2003/04","4.1","4.7" "2004/05","5.2","5.5" "2005/06","3.2","3.7" "2006/07","3.8","4.2" "2007/08","2.6","3.0" "2008/09","2.9","3.3" "2009/10","3.9","4.3" "2010/11","4.3","4.5" "2011/12","3.6","4.3" "2012/13","3.3","3.8" "2013/14","5.1","5.7" "2014/15","4.7","5.4" "2015/16","4.7","5.3" "2016/17","4.7","5.2"