"Figure 12: Among men, the suicide rate in urban cities and towns increased by 12.7% between 2016 and 2018","" "Age-standardised suicide rates, males, deaths in England and Wales by urban and rural area, 2016 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for males aged 10 years and over. 2. 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. 3. Figures for England and Wales (combined) include deaths of non-residents, and are based on the latest postcode boundaries. 4. Based on the [2011 classification of urban and rural areas](https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/geographicalproducts/ruralurbanclassifications/2011ruralurbanclassification). 5. Figures are based on the date people died and are for all deaths registered to the end of 2019. Because of the length of time it takes coroners to certify deaths caused by suicide, around five to six months on average, the analysis will capture most suicides that occurred to the end of study period – 2018 – however, it is possible that the estimates could change, upwards, when subsequent death registrations are analysed. " "Unit","Age-standardised suicide rate per 100,000 males" "","" "","2016","2017","2018" "Urban conurbation","13.4","14.2","14.1" "Urban city and town","15.8","16.7","17.8" "Rural town and fringe","14.0","15.7","17.3" "Rural village","17.0","16.5","13.5" "Rural hamlet","17.3","15.1","17.9"