§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of adult suicides in 1992; and how many of these were unemployed.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on the number of people who have committed suicide and who were unemployed is not available centrally. At death registration informants are asked for last occupation rather than employment status of the deceased.
The table shows adult suicide deaths—ICD1 E950-E959—by sex for England and Wales for 1992.
Data for 1992 are provisional.
1992 18+ Males 3,026 Females 895 1 International Classification of Disease code ninth revision.