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Facts about suicide

Suicide trends over the last 10 years (1997 - 2006) show:

7.5% decrease in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
10% decrease in England
111% increase in Northern Ireland
12.5% decrease in Scotland
14.5% decrease in the Republic of Ireland

All information taken from the Information Resource Pack 2008

Regional breakdown

Suicides in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland 1994 -2006

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	6524	6543	6290	6471	6696	6671	6374	6177	6163	6008	6011	5703	5985
#	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
+	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	9

Suicides and Undetermined Deaths in United Kingdom 1994 –2006

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	6129	6139	5881	5993	6182	6216	5961	5729	5712	5564	5554	5614	5576
#	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
+	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11

Suicides and Undetermined Deaths in England 1994 -2006

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	4780	4816	4572	4662	4815	4828	4598	4388	4359	4298	4303	7382	4191
#	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
+	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	9	10

Suicides and Undetermined Deaths in Northern Ireland 1994 -2006

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	151	146	143	138	150	154	185	158	183	144	146	213	291
#	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	9	11	9	9	12	17
+	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	12	14	11	11	16	21

Suicides and Undetermined Deaths in Republic of Ireland 1994 -2006

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	395	404	409	478	504	439	413	448	451	444	457	431	409
#	11	11	11	13	14	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10
+	15	15	15	17	18	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	12

Suicides and Undetermined Deaths in Scotland 1994 -2006

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	832	845	874	878	874	880	887	886	791	835	763	765
#	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	15	15
+	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	18	18

Notes on statistics and sources