"Figure 2: The suicide rate for males in England in 2019 was the highest seen since 2000","" "Age-standardised suicide rates by sex, England, registered from 1981 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in [Section 9: Glossary](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2019registrations#glossary). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. 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. 4. Figures exclude deaths of non-residents, based on postcode boundaries as of May 2020. 5. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Because of 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 [Section 7: Registration delays](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2019registrations#registration-delays)." "Unit","Age-standardised suicide rate per 100,000" "","" "Registration year","Males","Females" "1981","19.3","10.6" "1982","18.7","10.1" "1983","18.6","9.6" "1984","18.8","9.5" "1985","19.6","9.8" "1986","19.6","8.8" "1987","19.2","8.1" "1988","20.8","8.2" "1989","18.5","7.0" "1990","19.4","6.8" "1991","19.1","6.4" "1992","19.1","6.4" "1993","18.0","6.1" "1994","17.7","5.7" "1995","17.7","5.7" "1996","16.9","5.5" "1997","16.4","5.5" "1998","18.2","5.6" "1999","17.8","5.5" "2000","16.9","5.6" "2001","16.5","5.1" "2002","15.6","5.1" "2003","15.6","5.1" "2004","15.6","5.4" "2005","15.2","5.1" "2006","14.5","4.6" "2007","13.9","4.2" "2008","14.7","4.4" "2009","14.9","4.5" "2010","14.2","4.4" "2011","15.1","4.6" "2012","15.2","4.3" "2013","16.1","4.3" "2014","16.0","4.9" "2015","15.4","5.0" "2016","14.7","4.5" "2017","14.0","4.6" "2018","15.9","4.9" "2019","16.7","5.2"