"Figure 2: The suicide rate among men in England increased statistically significantly between 2016 and 2018","" "Age-standardised suicide rates in England (2001 – 2018) by sex, by date of death","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for persons 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 exclude deaths of non-residents, and are based on the latest postcode boundaries. 4. 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 the 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 population" "","" "Year","Persons","Males","Females" "2001","10.6","16.5","5.2" "2002","10.5","16.2","5.3" "2003","10.6","16.1","5.4" "2004","10.5","16.1","5.5" "2005","9.9","15.3","5.0" "2006","9.3","14.6","4.5" "2007","9.3","14.6","4.4" "2008","10.0","15.5","4.9" "2009","9.4","14.6","4.4" "2010","9.4","14.5","4.6" "2011","9.6","15.1","4.3" "2012","10.3","16.4","4.5" "2013","10.0","15.7","4.5" "2014","9.6","14.9","4.6" "2015","9.8","15.0","4.8" "2016","9.6","14.7","4.7" "2017","9.8","15.2","4.8" "2018","10.3","15.9","5.0"