HC Deb 08 July 1976 vol 914 cc656-8W
Mr. Hayhoe

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each member of the EEC the number of suicides per 100,000 population in each year since 1960.

Mr. Deakins

Available information is as follows:

DEATHS BY SUICIDE PER 100,000 POPULATION
Belgium Denmark France Germany (Federal Republic) Irish Republic Italy Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom
1960 … … … … … … 14.6 20.3 15.9 18.8 3.0 6.1 10.2 6.6 10.7
1961 … … … … … … 14.6 16.9 15.9 18.7 3.2 5.6 9.5 6.7 10.8
1962 … … … … … … 13.6 19.0 15.1 17.6 1.8 5.4 9.3 6.6 11.5
1963 … … … … … … 14.0 19.1 15.5 19.3 2.5 5.3 — 6.2 11.7
1964 … … … … … … 14.0 21.0 14.9 20.1 2.0 5.4 10.7 6.5 11.3
1965 … … … … … … 15.0 19.3 15.0 20.0 1.8 5.4 — 6.9 10.4
1966 … … … … … … 14.4 17.8 15.5 20.5 2.4 5.1 17.2 7.1 10.1
1967 … … … … … … 15.0 17.5 15.5 21.3 2.5 5.4 13.4 6.2 9.5
1968 … … … … … … 15.5 20.5 15.3 — 2.4 5.4 12.5 6.3 9.2
1969 … … … … … … 15.2 20.8 15.6 21.6 1.8 — 15.4 7.4 8.6
1970 … … … … … … 16.5 21.5 15.4 21.3 1.8 5.8 14.2 8.1 7.9
1971 … … … … … … 15.4 24.8 15.4 20.9 2.7 6.0 13.9 8.3 7.9
1972 … … … … … … 15.6 23.9 16.1 19.9 3.0 5.8 14.9 8.2 7.6
1973 … … … … … … — 23.8 15.5 20.8 3.3 5.7 13.3 8.7 7.7
1974 … … … … … … — — — — 3.5 — 12.9 9.2 7.9
1975 … … … … … … — — — — — — — — 7.5

Some of the differences between the figures of different countries are attributable to differences between the legal or administrative systems from which the figures of suicides are derived.