"Figure 1: Age-standardised suicide rates: by sex, deaths registered in each year from 1981 to 2012","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given below under 'Suicide definition' 2. Figures are for persons aged 15 years and over 3. Rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the 1976 European Standard Population 4. Figures include deaths of non-residents 5. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year" "Unit","Age-standardised suicide rates per 100,000 population" "","" "Year"," Males","Females" "1981","19.8","10.4" "1982","19.4","10.1" "1983","19.3","9.4" "1984","19.5","9.3" "1985","20.5","9.6" "1986","20.6","8.7" "1987","20.0","8.1" "1988","21.9","8.2" "1989","19.8","7.2" "1990","21.2","7.0" "1991","21.0","6.7" "1992","21.1","6.7" "1993","20.5","6.5" "1994","19.9","6.1" "1995","20.2","6.1" "1996","19.2","6.0" "1997","19.0","6.1" "1998","21.1","6.2" "1999","20.7","6.0" "2000","19.9","6.2" "2001","19.3","5.8" "2002","18.7","5.8" "2003","18.1","5.8" "2004","18.1","6.1" "2005","17.5","5.8" "2006","17.4","5.3" "2007","16.8","5.0" "2008","17.6","5.3" "2009","17.4","5.2" "2010","16.9","5.2" "2011","18.1","5.6" "2012","18.2","5.2"