According to new data from the Office of National Statistics, there has been a decline in male suicides between 2014 and 2015, where as female suicides have reached a decade long high.

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Male suicide rates have dropped from 16.8 per 100,000 people in 2014, to 16.6 in 2015. Despite this, men still remain three times more likely to kill themselves compared to their female counterparts. 

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The data shows a 0.2 rise in female suicides between 2014 and 2015, with 1,566 women killing themselves in 2015, per 100,000 people.

The rise in female suicide rate, has consequently brought up the overall number of suicides in the UK in 2015, from 6,122 in 2014, to 6,188 in 2015.

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Jodie Withers, Health Analysis and Life Events, Office for National Statistics said: “While the increase in the suicide rate this year is a result of an increase in female suicides, males still account for three quarters of all suicides.

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“There has also been a continued increase in suicides for males under the age of 30, however, these remain lower than the peak seen in the late 1990’s and remains significantly lower than the suicide rate for middle-aged males despite falls in recent years.”

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Similar to men, the most at risk age group, were middle aged women, aged between 45-49. 

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