United Kingdom - Intentional self-harm 2005

Suicides United Kingdom 2005

There are 11 suicides per day in United Kingdom

In 2005 occurred 4,047 suicides in United Kingdom. This year, 136 fewer people committed suicide than in 2004. In 2005, on average 11 British committed suicide every day.

United Kingdom had 6.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 4,047 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 3,054 were men suicides and 993 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.3 per 100,000 men and for women 3.2 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In United Kingdom suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 834 homicides in United Kingdom, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2005	993	3,054	4,047	3.20	10.30	6.70
2004	1,021	3,162	4,183	3.30	10.80	7.00
2003	929	3,050	3,979	3.00	10.50	6.70
2002	953	3,164	4,117	3.10	10.90	6.90
2001	929	3,199	4,128	3.10	11.10	7.00
2000	979	3,311	4,290	3.20	11.50	7.30
1999	1,018	3,435	4,453	3.40	12.00	7.60
1998	982	3,407	4,389	3.30	12.00	7.50
1997	946	3,197	4,143	3.20	11.30	7.10
1996	980	3,168	4,148	3.30	11.20	7.10
1995	961	3,354	4,315	3.20	11.90	7.40
1994	990	3,391	4,381	3.30	12.10	7.60
1993	1,029	3,433	4,462	3.50	12.20	7.70
1992	1,071	3,557	4,628	3.60	12.70	8.00
1991	1,053	3,494	4,547	3.60	12.50	7.90
1990	1,119	3,524	4,643	3.80	12.70	8.10
1989	1,127	3,234	4,361	3.80	11.70	7.60
1988	1,360	3,611	4,971	4.60	13.10	8.70
1987	1,331	3,263	4,594	4.60	11.80	8.10
1986	1,448	3,391	4,839	5.00	12.30	8.50
1985	1,684	3,421	5,105	5.80	12.40	9.00
1984	1,651	3,292	4,943	5.70	12.00	8.80
1983	1,683	3,243	4,926	5.80	11.80	8.70
1982	1,731	3,202	4,933	6.00	11.70	8.80
1981	1,857	3,168	5,025	6.40	11.60	8.90
1980	1,915	3,002	4,917	6.60	11.00	8.70
1979	1,855	2,910	4,765	6.40	10.60	8.50
1978	1,783	2,748	4,531	6.20	10.10	8.10
1977	1,789	2,647	4,436	6.20	9.70	7.90
1976	1,693	2,621	4,314	5.90	9.60	7.70
1975	1,730	2,446	4,176	6.00	8.90	7.40
1974	1,819	2,579	4,398	6.30	9.40	7.80
1973	1,794	2,535	4,329	6.20	9.30	7.70
1972	1,771	2,467	4,238	6.10	9.10	7.60
1971	1,858	2,518	4,376	6.50	9.30	7.80
1970	1,855	2,542	4,397	6.50	9.40	7.90
1969	1,988	2,792	4,780	7.00	10.30	8.60
1968	2,108	2,948	5,056	7.40	11.00	9.10
1967	2,153	3,047	5,200	7.60	11.40	9.50
1966	2,370	3,119	5,489	8.40	11.80	10.00
1965	2,430	3,216	5,646	8.70	12.20	10.40
1964	2,605	3,465	6,070	9.40	13.20	11.20
1963	2,597	3,650	6,247	9.40	14.00	11.60
1962	2,532	3,591	6,123	9.20	13.90	11.50
1961	2,352	3,330	5,682	8.60	13.10	10.80
1960	2,221	3,362	5,583	8.20	13.30	10.60

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