Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us nowIn England and Wales, the definition of suicide is a death with an underlying cause of intentional self-harm or an injury or poisoning with undetermined intent. In 2022, the suicide rate in England and Wales was 10.7 deaths per 100,000 population, the same value compared to the previous year.
Vulnerable groups
The suicide rate among men in England and Wales in 2022 was almost three times higher than for women, the figures being 16.4 per 100,000 population for men compared to 5.4 for women. Additionally, the age group with the highest rate of suicide was for those aged 50 to 54 years at 15.3 deaths per 100,000.
Mental health in the UK
Over 54 thousand people in England were detained under the Mental Health Act in the period 2020/21. Alongside this, there has been an increase in the number of workers in Great Britain suffering from stress, depression or anxiety. Resulting in 875 thousand workers reporting to be suffering from these work-related issues in 2022/23.
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