Uk suicide rates - trends over time 

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• Since 2007 there has been a general increase in suicides within the UK.

• Suicide in the UK is now at it’s highest rate since 2004.

• Male suicide in the UK decreased by 5.6% between 2013 and 2014.

• Between 2013 and 2014 the female suicide rate in the UK increased by 8.3%.

• There has been an overall increase in suicide in England of 2% between 2013 and 2014.

• Recent data shows that there was an increase of 14% in female suicide between 2013 and 2014, which puts female suicide at its highest rate since 2005 in England. 

• Uk age group with the highest suicide rate per 100,000 for all persons and males is 45-49, and for females 50-54 years old.