20th August 2015 - Suicide section update

The Suicide section of the ScotPHO website has been updated with the suicide figures for 2014. There were 696 suicides registered in Scotland in 2014, compared to 795 in 2013, indicating that the welcome declining trend in suicide rates in recent years appears to be continuing. Suicide rates are strongly related to deprivation level, with the rate for 2010-14 in the most deprived decile three times higher than in the least deprived. However, this inequality has decreased in absolute and relative terms between 2001-05 and 2010-14. The website includes details of the number and rate of suicides for Scotland, NHS board areas, local authority areas and for the UK overall.

See the Publication Summary (88Kb) document published on the ISD Scotland website (a lead partner in the ScotPHO collaboration) for further details.