Deaths by suicide in England | Road Deaths in England | |
2018 | 5,021 | 1,521 |
2019 | 5,316 | 1,489 |
2020 | 4,912 | 1,246 |
2021 | 5,219 | 1,329 |
2022 | 5,284 | 1,443 |
Suicide statistics from the Office of National Statistics.
Road death statistics from the Department for Transport.
75% of suicides are male
- Suicide is the leading cause of death in males under the age of 50
- In 2019, suicide was the leading cause of death in people aged between 5-19 years old
- Suicide rates among 15 to 19-year-olds in England have reached their highest point in 30 years
- 84 men die by suicide every week in the UK