"Figure 4: Men aged 45 to 64 years have had the highest rates of suicide since 2010","" "Age-specific suicide rates by broad age groups, males, England and Wales, registered between 1981 and 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 males. 2. See Figure 1 for other relevant notes." "Unit","Age-specific suicide rate per 100,000 males" "","" "Year of death registration","10 to 24 years","25 to 44 years","45 to 64 years","65 to 74 years","75 years and over" "1981","6.7","18.7","22.5","21.1","29.2" "1982","6.1","18.5","22.2","22.5","28.9" "1983","6.3","18.7","21.8","22.0","29.6" "1984","6.9","19.1","21.7","22.1","28.2" "1985","7.9","20.1","22.3","22.1","29.7" "1986","8.6","19.3","21.8","23.3","31.3" "1987","9.7","19.6","21.2","21.1","28.1" "1988","11.3","22.6","20.4","21.8","34.2" "1989","10.7","20.8","18.9","17.4","26.9" "1990","11.8","22.8","19.6","18.3","25.7" "1991","11.0","24.3","20.0","14.3","24.5" "1992","11.2","23.3","20.2","17.1","22.4" "1993","11.3","21.8","18.8","14.5","21.9" "1994","10.6","22.4","17.1","15.2","24.1" "1995","10.1","24.1","17.7","12.9","20.4" "1996","9.1","22.6","16.7","13.5","20.7" "1997","10.0","21.3","16.6","11.7","19.3" "1998","11.0","25.5","18.4","11.6","17.7" "1999","9.0","24.4","18.5","13.6","20.2" "2000","8.8","23.1","17.2","13.1","18.5" "2001","8.3","21.5","18.1","12.8","18.2" "2002","7.4","21.8","16.7","12.1","14.2" "2003","7.5","21.9","16.5","11.7","16.6" "2004","7.1","21.1","16.8","12.4","18.0" "2005","6.5","20.0","17.3","11.3","16.6" "2006","5.9","18.9","17.2","11.7","15.1" "2007","6.1","19.1","15.9","9.9","14.9" "2008","6.9","19.6","17.0","10.9","13.7" "2009","6.4","19.8","17.8","10.6","14.3" "2010","6.1","17.7","17.9","10.0","14.7" "2011","6.7","19.2","19.3","11.3","13.6" "2012","7.0","19.7","19.8","10.7","12.9" "2013","7.0","19.5","22.2","11.7","15.4" "2014","6.9","18.7","21.5","12.0","14.5" "2015","7.7","18.3","20.3","12.1","15.0" "2016","7.2","18.2","19.2","10.8","13.7" "2017","6.5","17.1","19.0","10.7","12.2" "2018","8.2","18.6","20.7","11.0","16.9" "2019","8.2","20.4","21.7","12.1","13.9" "2020","7.0","18.0","20.0","12.0","12.7" "2021","8.0","19.2","20.1","12.4","12.7"