HC Deb 24 March 1983 vol 39 cc463-4W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many suicides there were in Wales in each of the last 10 available years.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Cause of death is classified by the international classification of diseases—ICD. Information on suicide and self-inflicted injury, ICD 950–959, is given in the following table:

Number of deaths from suicides and self-inflicted injury in Wales
Numbers
1971 206
1972 189
1973 218
1974 222
1975 189
1976 207
1977 269
1978 249
1979 232
1980 236