Table 2.

Suicide and Undetermined Deaths in Males in Scotland 1981 – 1999 By Age Group and Time Period

	1981–1985		1986–1990		1991–1995		1996–1999
Age group	No. of deaths	Rate per million	No. of deaths	Rate per million	No. of deaths	Rate per million	No. of deaths	Rate per million	% change from first to last period
<15 years	11	4.1	11	4.5	25	10.1	19	9.7	137%
15–24	317	141.0	440	208.3	467	257.2	369	278.0	97%
25–34	410	226.1	536	276.1	736	355.9	677	421.4	86%
35–44	422	268.5	470	279.2	594	340.8	506	338.0	26%
45–54	437	311.0	420	301.6	473	313.6	377	290.6	-7%
55–64	382	290.7	339	263.3	306	241.3	229	226.4	-22%
65–74	228	244.6	223	238.5	212	216.0	200	254.3	4%
75+	117	253.6	148	287.8	135	253.6	129	278.8	10%
All Ages	2,324	187.0	2,587	209.7	2,948	237.8	2,506	252.1	35%