Notes on statistics and sources
Data are for the UK and Republic of
Ireland only and exclude suicides registered in
Crown Dependencies (Isle of Man, States of Jersey, States of
Guernsey) where there are Samaritans branches.
Data are compiled using codes as
described below.
National UK Statistics
Definition of Suicide
|
ICD-9
|
ICD-10
|
Description
|
|
E950-E959
|
X60-X84*
|
Intentional Self Harm
|
|
E980-E9891
|
Y10-Y342
|
Injury/poisoning or undetermined intent
|
| |
Y87.0/Y87.23
|
Sequelae of intentional self-harm / event of
undetermined intent
|
1 Excluding E988.8 for
England and Wales.
2 Excluding Y33.9 where the coroner's
verdict was pending in England and Wales for 2001-2006. From 2007
onwards, deaths previously coded as Y33.9 are coded to U50.9.
3 Y87.0 and Y87.2 are not included
for England and Wales.
*Code used for classifying deaths described as
suicide in the Republic of Ireland.
The individual countries within the
United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland release their
statistics at different times.
The data presented here are the latest
available. As new statistics are released, we add them to our website.
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