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In Northern Ireland there were 203 suicide deaths registered in 2022. [23] In 2023, there were 7,055 deaths in the UK officially registered as suicide, the highest suicide rate in the UK since 1999. [24] Suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 50 in the UK. [25] [26] [27] [28]
In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.
The suicide rate of 11.2 deaths per 100,000 population recorded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in 2018 is an increase on the 10.1 per 100,000 population recorded in 2017, which was the lowest since the organisation began recording data on suicide in the United Kingdom in 1981.
The Office for National Statistics said in a special study released Tuesday that 19.2% of adults were likely to be experiencing symptoms of depression in June, three months into the lockdown of ...
Population studies have consistently shown major depression to be about twice as common in women as in men, although it is not yet clear why this is so. [7] The relative increase in occurrence is related to pubertal development rather than chronological age, reaches adult ratios between the ages of 15 and 18, and appears associated with psychosocial more than hormonal factors.
In other western countries, males are also much more likely to die by suicide than females (usually by a factor of 3–4:1). It was the 8th leading cause of death for males, and 19th leading cause of death for females. [13] U.S. Suicides by age, gender, and racial or ethnic group, 1999–2005. Data from the CDC. [14]
Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:2024 deaths. It includes 2024 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. People who died by suicide and events and topics involving suicide(s) in the year 2024 .