The data displays the suicide rate in the UK from 2000 to 2016, by gender. The suicide rate is the amount of suicides per 100,000 population aged over 10 years old. The rate of suicide is relatively higher among males compared to females. In 2015 the rate of suicide among males was 16.6 per 100,000 population and among females was 5.4 per 100,000 population.
2000 | 18.4 | 5.9 |
2001 | 17.9 | 5.5 |
2002 | 17.1 | 5.6 |
2003 | 16.9 | 5.5 |
2004 | 16.9 | 5.8 |
2005 | 16.4 | 5.5 |
2006 | 16.2 | 5 |
2007 | 15.6 | 4.7 |
2008 | 16.3 | 5 |
2009 | 16.1 | 4.9 |
2010 | 15.8 | 4.9 |
2011 | 16.8 | 5.3 |
2012 | 16.8 | 4.9 |
2013 | 17.8 | 4.8 |
2014 | 16.8 | 5.2 |
2015 | 16.6 | 5.4 |
2016 | 16 | 5 |