Treasury written question – answered at on 26 February 2002.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths have occurred on average each year over the last three years in (a) England and (b) each county owing to suicide.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Mark Simmonds, dated
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many deaths have occurred on average each year over the last 3 years in England and each county owing to suicide. (37733).
The figures requested are given in the table below.
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 1998–2000 | |
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England | 4,815 | 4,828 | 4,598 | 14,241 |
Bedfordshire, former county of | 43 | 60 | 41 | 144 |
Berkshire, former county of | 76 | 72 | 75 | 223 |
Bristol/Bath area | 82 | 82 | 76 | 240 |
Buckinghamshire, former county of | 62 | 54 | 67 | 183 |
Cambridgeshire, former county of | 55 | 57 | 65 | 177 |
Cheshire, former county of | 102 | 97 | 95 | 294 |
Cornwall (and Isle of Scilly) | 59 | 63 | 63 | 185 |
Cumbria | 68 | 63 | 50 | 181 |
Derbyshire, former county of | 75 | 96 | 90 | 261 |
Devon, former county of | 119 | 137 | 134 | 390 |
Dorset, former county of | 67 | 83 | 71 | 221 |
Durham, former county of | 60 | 62 | 54 | 176 |
East Sussex, former county of | 90 | 94 | 103 | 287 |
Essex, former county of | 153 | 127 | 136 | 416 |
Gloucestershire | 56 | 60 | 57 | 173 |
Greater London (Metropolitan County) | 734 | 685 | 616 | 2,035 |
Greater Manchester (Metropolitan County) | 297 | 263 | 266 | 826 |
Hampshire, former county of | 157 | 167 | 148 | 472 |
Herefordshire and Worcestershire | 70 | 91 | 80 | 241 |
Hertfordshire | 72 | 61 | 65 | 198 |
Isle of Wight, former county of | 20 | 17 | 15 | 52 |
Kent, former county of | 150 | 124 | 147 | 421 |
Lancashire, former county of | 181 | 170 | 162 | 513 |
Leicestershire, former county of | 77 | 92 | 91 | 260 |
Lincolnshire | 70 | 68 | 62 | 200 |
Merseyside (Metropolitan County) | 141 | 140 | 130 | 411 |
Norfolk | 92 | 75 | 74 | 241 |
North Yorkshire, former county of | 86 | 61 | 73 | 220 |
Northamptonshire | 54 | 63 | 43 | 160 |
Northumberland | 28 | 34 | 25 | 87 |
Nottinghamshire, former county of | 99 | 101 | 109 | 309 |
Oxfordshire | 52 | 53 | 54 | 159 |
Shropshire, former county of | 28 | 54 | 43 | 125 |
Somerset | 43 | 41 | 55 | 139 |
South Yorkshire (Metropolitan County) | 129 | 117 | 120 | 366 |
Staffordshire, former county of | 107 | 103 | 88 | 298 |
Suffolk | 60 | 52 | 60 | 172 |
Surrey | 85 | 72 | 85 | 242 |
Tees Valley less Darlington | 51 | 46 | 44 | 141 |
The Humber | 86 | 94 | 85 | 265 |
Tyne and Wear (Metropolitan County) | 109 | 120 | 114 | 343 |
Warwickshire | 45 | 50 | 44 | 139 |
West Midlands (Metropolitan County) | 219 | 245 | 245 | 709 |
West Sussex | 59 | 81 | 73 | 213 |
West Yorkshire (Metropolitan County) | 199 | 235 | 158 | 592 |
Wiltshire, former county of | 48 | 46 | 47 | 141 |
(28) Suicide is defined by ONS using the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision: E950-E959, E980-E989, excluding E988.8
(29) Data are presented for English counties in 1998 to 2000, based on their boundaries in those years, and for former counties (based on the equivalent areas covered by current authorities.)
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