Table 1.
Trends in suicide death ratesa per 100,000 in England and Wales by country of birthb among those aged 20–69 years.
| 1979–1983 | 1989–1993 | 1999–2003 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI | Population | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI | Population | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI | Percentage changec (3rd vs. 1st period) | |
| Males | |||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 64,761,176 | 12,324 | 19.2 | 18.8–19.5 | 69,174,384 | 15,186 | 21.9 | 21.5–22.2 | 70,630,464 | 14,818 | 21.0 | 20.6–21.3 | 9.4 |
| East Africa | 368,050 | 81 | 20.0 | 13.7–26.3 | 506,630 | 101 | 19.8 | 14.7–25.0 | 563,195 | 90 | 15.5 | 11.9–19.1* | –22.5 |
| India | 840,235 | 150 | 17.6 | 14.7–20.5 | 860,015 | 200 | 23.8 | 20.2–27.4 | 916,280 | 145 | 15.9 | 13.1–18.6* | –9.7 |
| Pakistan | 388,850 | 40 | 9.4 | 6.3–12.5* | 470,745 | 54 | 11.1 | 8.0–14.2* | 667,605 | 70 | 10.3 | 7.8–12.9* | 9.6 |
| Jamaica | 384,745 | 84 | 22.7 | 17.6–27.8 | 313,220 | 64 | 26.0 | 15.7–36.2 | 260,680 | 75 | 51.9 | 38.3–65.5** | 124.7 |
| Northern Ireland | 421,560 | 113 | 26.5 | 21.5–31.4** | 441,855 | 150 | 34.5 | 29.0–40.1** | 435,520 | 108 | 25.4 | 20.5–30.3 | –4.2 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1,221,700 | 436 | 36.1 | 32.4–39.7** | 1,096,750 | 351 | 33.4 | 29.6–37.1** | 805,065 | 271 | 39.2 | 33.8–44.7** | 8.6 |
| Scotland | 1,518,205 | 471 | 31.6 | 28.7–34.5** | 1,548,790 | 506 | 33.1 | 30.2–36.1** | 1,635,310 | 473 | 29.8 | 27.0–32.6** | –5.7 |
| Females | |||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 66,726,324 | 7050 | 10.5 | 10.2–10.7 | 70,880,344 | 4810 | 6.8 | 6.6–7.0 | 71,983,440 | 4389 | 6.1 | 5.9–6.3 | –41.9 |
| India | 798,285 | 110 | 13.9 | 11.3–16.6** | 895,520 | 95 | 10.9 | 8.6–13.2** | 982,270 | 64 | 6.7 | 5.0–8.4 | –51.8 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1,335,685 | 259 | 18.7 | 16.3–21.1** | 1,214,535 | 150 | 11.4 | 9.5–13.4** | 944,480 | 112 | 12.2 | 9.7–14.8** | –34.8 |
| Scotland | 1,422,010 | 224 | 16.0 | 13.9–18.1** | 1,447,360 | 142 | 10.0 | 8.3–11.6** | 1,547,410 | 124 | 8.0 | 6.6–9.5* | –50.0 |
a
Rates are age adjusted to the Europe 2000 population.
b
Countries of birth were included if definitions of countries were comparable over the three time periods in both the deaths and census data, and if at least 10 deaths were recorded per 10-year age band (i.e. at least 50 deaths in total) in the third time period (1999–2003) and at least one previous time period.
c
Percentage change = ((rate for 1999–2003 – rate for 1979–1983)/rate for 1979–1983) × 100.
*
And in bold type significantly lower than rate for England and Wales born, p <0.05; ** And in bold type significantly higher than rate for England and Wales born, p <0.05.