Table 3.

Suicide and Undetermined Deaths in Females 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	7	2.7	7	3.0	7	3.0	9	4.8	76%
15–24	70	32.4	89	44.1	100	57.6	103	81.0	150%
25–34	141	78.9	174	91.4	217	106.4	172	108.3	37%
35–44	179	112.3	158	93.3	192	109.1	157	103.9	-8%
45–54	231	154.9	151	103.3	179	115.0	153	115.1	-26%
55–64	264	176.3	187	129.6	138	98.4	96	86.7	-51%
65–74	174	136.5	153	122.5	107	84.8	101	102.6	-25%
75+	114	114.3	111	103.0	118	108.3	78	87.0	-24%
All Ages	1,180	88.4	1,030	78.1	1,058	80.1	869	82.4	-7%