Suicide Rates Lowest On Record, England
23 Jul 2009
The number of suicides in England are at an all-time low, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced as he published the latest annual report on suicide prevention.
- The suicide rate for 2007, the most recent available, was the lowest recorded at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
- There continues to be a sustained fall in the rate of suicide among young men under the age of 35.
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