HC Deb 13 March 1997 vol 292 c301W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of the population in Wales have(a) committed suicide and (b) suffered a fatal accident in each of the last seven years; and if he will make a statement. [20036]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The latest available, complete, annual figures from the Office for National Statistics for residents of Wales are shown in the following table:

Suicides1 Fatal accidents2
Number Rate per 100,000 Number Rate per 100,000
1989 264 9.2 719 25.1
1990 303 10.5 711 24.7
1991 337 11.7 717 24.8
1992 335 11.6 698 24.1
1993 297 10.2 673 23.2
1994 331 11.8 690 24.5
1995 317 10.9 708 24.3
1International Classification of Diseases: E950–E959, E980–E989 excluding E988.8.
2 ICD E800–E929.