"Figure 7: Age-specific suicide rates by broad age groups, females, UK, registered between 1981 and 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in ""Things you need to know about this release"" section of this bulletin. 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 population. 4. Rates were not calculated where there were fewer than three death registrations. 5. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK. 6. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. 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 Quality and methodology section." "Unit","Age-specific rates" "","" "","10 to 29","30 to 44","45 to 59","60 to 74","75 and over" "1981","3.0","8.5","15.0","16.2","13.6" "1982","3.2","8.4","13.9","15.4","14.2" "1983","2.9","8.0","12.8","14.8","13.4" "1984","2.7","7.7","13.1","14.4","13.5" "1985","2.7","7.5","13.7","15.9","13.5" "1986","3.2","7.0","11.3","13.8","13.3" "1987","3.6","7.0","10.5","11.8","10.8" "1988","3.5","7.7","10.2","11.2","12.5" "1989","3.7","6.4","9.0","9.3","10.6" "1990","3.3","6.8","8.2","9.5","9.5" "1991","3.4","6.4","8.4","8.1","9.0" "1992","3.8","6.2","8.1","8.4","8.3" "1993","3.6","6.6","7.5","7.0","9.5" "1994","3.4","6.4","6.7","7.1","9.3" "1995","3.3","6.5","7.0","6.3","8.3" "1996","3.7","6.4","6.8","5.8","7.5" "1997","3.5","6.5","7.2","6.3","6.0" "1998","3.9","6.8","6.7","6.5","6.9" "1999","3.6","6.7","6.4","6.0","7.0" "2000","3.9","6.4","7.5","5.6","6.5" "2001","3.0","6.7","6.7","5.7","6.2" "2002","3.7","6.1","6.6","5.4","6.8" "2003","3.0","6.5","7.1","4.9","6.4" "2004","3.1","6.6","7.5","5.9","7.0" "2005","3.1","6.2","7.7","4.9","5.5" "2006","2.8","5.2","7.5","5.0","4.7" "2007","2.2","5.4","6.8","5.1","4.4" "2008","2.8","6.1","7.1","4.4","4.5" "2009","3.0","5.9","6.5","4.6","4.8" "2010","3.0","5.8","6.8","4.7","4.3" "2011","3.3","6.4","7.3","4.6","4.8" "2012","2.7","5.7","7.4","4.2","4.4" "2013","2.3","6.3","7.0","3.9","4.7" "2014","3.2","6.1","7.3","4.6","4.6" "2015","3.2","6.0","7.6","5.4","4.8" "2016","3.4","5.5","7.3","4.6","3.5" "2017","3.2","5.8","6.3","4.6","4.5"