§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will publish the figures for suicide in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years, together with an analysis of sex and cause of death; and whether she will also publish figures for suicide in the Greater London area.
§ Mr. MeacherThe figures for England and Wales are as follows:
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ICD number Cause of death 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974* E950-E959 Suicide and self-inflicted injury … M 2,899 2,783 2,708 2,695 2,523 2,271 2,263 2,198 2,250 2,273 F 2,192 2,145 1,961 1,889 1,803 1,669 1,682 1,572 1,573 1,618 E950 Poisoning by solid or liquid substance … M 792 727 757 776 816 700 750 714 699 793 F 1,104 1,095 1,069 1,150 1,106 1,089 1,097 1,057 1,042 1,082 E951 Poisoning by gases in domestic use … M 992 930 824 635 476 353 215 131 100 34 F 716 669 530 353 314 158 131 66 43 16 E952 Poisoning by other gases … M 119 131 127 178 182 153 244 244 254 273 F 9 5 7 29 11 19 23 20 29 26 E953 By hanging, strangulation and suffocation … M 390 424 426 460 467 513 467 556 563 578 F 121 122 105 124 130 152 174 165 198 182 E954 By submersion (drowning) … M 172 150 149 167 164 170 133 144 148 129 F 147 152 130 130 137 119 129 128 138 161 E955 By firearms and explosives … M 182 168 175 175 144 131 155 137 163 153 F 8 1 13 8 5 12 9 12 9 8 E956 By cutting and piercing instruments … M 58 70 65 95 65 65 74 61 84 75 F 10 17 16 17 20 26 16 26 12 21 E957 By jumping from high place … M 53 57 69 64 85 48 70 74 84 101 F 35 30 36 43 38 45 48 44 42 54 E958 By other and unspecified means … M 141 126 115 145 124 138 155 137 155 137 F 42 54 54 35 42 49 55 54 60 68 E959 Late effect of self-inflicted injury … M — — 1 — — — — — — — F — — 1 — — — — — — — For Greater London the available figures are: E950-E959 Suicide and self-inflicted injury … M 600 559 538 541 529 447 403 384 417 407 F 503 433 424 422 422 409 362 334 320 341 * Provisional.