§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for suicides in Scotland for each of the last 10 years, together with an analysis of sex and cause of death.
§ Mr. William RossThe figures are given in the following table:
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DEATHS FROM SUICIDE AND SELF-INFLICTED INJURY, SCOTLAND, 1965–74 I.C.D. numbers Cause of death 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974* E950- Suicide and self-inflicted injury— E959 Males 232 249 247 202 215 236 221 238 253 203 Females 183 164 144 171 147 161 157 183 183 126 E950 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances— Males 59 63 63 54 65 70 57 73 98 — Females 84 86 74 103 92 98 89 107 122 — E951 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by gases in domestic use— Males 86 83 58 36 38 45 37 21 15 — Females 53 35 29 23 15 26 18 16 6 — E952 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by other gases— Males 6 5 5 9 6 6 9 15 17 — Females 1 1 1 — 1 — — — 3 — E953 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging, strangulation and suffocation— Males 24 36 40 34 50 44 61 44 47 — Females 14 6 9 9 9 6 11 14 17 — E954 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by submersion (drowning)— Males 19 25 32 24 19 24 24 32 33 — Females 17 20 17 24 13 22 23 34 19 — E955 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by firearms and explosives— Males 12 15 17 18 14 23 14 21 10 — Females — — — — — 1 — 1 1 — E956 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instruments— Males 8 3 9 9 10 5 4 6 2 — Females 1 — 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 — E957 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by jumping from high place— Males 5 4 12 8 4 8 6 14 14 — Females 8 6 7 8 10 3 8 6 7 — E958 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other and unspecified means— Males 13 15 11 10 9 11 9 12 17 — Females 5 10 6 — 5 4 6 4 6 — E959 Late effect of self-inflicted injury— Males — — — — — — — — — — Females — — — — — — — — — — * The 1974 figures for individual causes are not yet available.