Fast Facts about Suicide

Fast Facts about Suicide

Writing to SamaritansFacts about Suicide (updated 2011)

  • On average,there is one death from suicide every 85 minutes across the UK and Ireland.

  • In 2009 there were over 6,200 deaths by suicide across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Samaritans’ website has suicide figures which are updated annually.

  • In the UK, for people aged 15-24, suicide is the second biggest cause of death after road accidents.

  • In 2009 men in Northern Ireland had the highest suicide rate (23.3 per 100,000 population over 15 years of age).

  • In the UK, suicide is three times more common amongst men (17.5 per 100,000 population over 15 years of age) than women (5.2 per 100,000 population over 15 years of age) according to figures from 2009.

 


Facts about Samaritans

For detailed information about Samaritans, including number of volunteers and frequency of calls, see our Facts and Figures page.

For more detailed information about suicide statistics, please see Samaritans Suicide Statistics 2011 (PDF)