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Miss Melanie Johnson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Robert Key, dated 24 January 2000:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking for total suicides by English counties since 1995 and suicides amongst the agricultural workforce.
The information requested is given in the attached tables.
| Suicides and undetermined deaths1, at all ages, by English counties and years of occurrence, 1995–98 |
| County of usual residence |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| England |
4,816 |
4,572 |
4,662 |
4,815 |
| Greater London |
683 |
649 |
684 |
734 |
| Greater Manchester |
263 |
277 |
270 |
297 |
| Merseyside |
106 |
146 |
135 |
141 |
| South Yorkshire |
116 |
113 |
133 |
129 |
| Tyne and Wear |
137 |
116 |
125 |
109 |
119W
| Suicides and undetermined deaths1, at all ages, by English counties and years of occurrence, 1995–98 |
| County of usual residence |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| West Midlands |
259 |
211 |
215 |
219 |
| West Yorkshire |
220 |
186 |
219 |
199 |
| Avon |
84 |
88 |
67 |
82 |
| Bedfordshire |
45 |
50 |
46 |
43 |
| Berkshire |
87 |
79 |
55 |
76 |
| Buckinghamshire |
52 |
51 |
55 |
62 |
| Cambridgeshire |
58 |
63 |
55 |
55 |
| Cheshire |
90 |
90 |
81 |
102 |
| Cleveland |
58 |
59 |
65 |
51 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
54 |
71 |
66 |
59 |
| Cumbria |
68 |
49 |
62 |
68 |
| Derbyshire |
98 |
68 |
94 |
75 |
| Devon |
136 |
112 |
122 |
119 |
| Dorset |
91 |
78 |
76 |
67 |
| Durham |
45 |
47 |
63 |
60 |
| East Sussex |
85 |
90 |
124 |
90 |
| Essex |
151 |
111 |
126 |
153 |
| Gloucestershire |
46 |
50 |
50 |
56 |
| Hampshire |
160 |
140 |
143 |
157 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
71 |
63 |
71 |
70 |
| Hertfordshire |
84 |
91 |
74 |
72 |
| Humberside |
88 |
57 |
96 |
86 |
| Isle of Wight |
13 |
13 |
9 |
20 |
| Kent |
119 |
142 |
130 |
150 |
| Lancashire |
193 |
155 |
181 |
181 |
| Leicestershire |
80 |
88 |
71 |
77 |
| Lincolnshire |
55 |
55 |
45 |
70 |
| Norfolk |
78 |
66 |
74 |
92 |
| Northamptonshire |
63 |
67 |
61 |
54 |
| Northumberland |
30 |
27 |
29 |
28 |
| North Yorkshire |
98 |
90 |
84 |
86 |
| Nottinghamshire |
93 |
110 |
90 |
99 |
| Oxfordshire |
60 |
59 |
49 |
52 |
| Shropshire |
30 |
31 |
33 |
28 |
| Somerset |
50 |
46 |
47 |
43 |
| Staffordshire |
101 |
94 |
95 |
107 |
| Suffolk |
68 |
67 |
50 |
60 |
| Surrey |
86 |
101 |
94 |
85 |
| Warwickshire |
34 |
28 |
32 |
45 |
| West Sussex |
76 |
79 |
78 |
59 |
| Wiltshire |
54 |
49 |
38 |
48 |
| 1 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes E950–E959 and E980–E989 excluding E988.8. |
| Suicides and undetermined deaths1 among the agricultural workforce2, by English counties and years of occurrence, 1995–98 |
|
Number |
| 1995 |
|
| England |
49 |
| South Yorkshire |
1 |
| West Midlands |
1 |
| Avon |
1 |
| Buckinghamshire |
1 |
| Cambridgeshire |
1 |
| Cheshire |
1 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
1 |
| Cumbria |
1 |
| Derbyshire |
2 |
| Devon |
5 |
| East Sussex |
3 |
| Essex |
2 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
1 |
| Humberside |
1 |
| Kent |
1 |
| Lancashire |
2 |
| Leicestershire |
2 |
| Lincolnshire |
4 |
| Norfolk |
4 |
| North Yorkshire |
7 |
| Oxfordshire |
1 |
120W
| Suicides and undetermined deaths1 among the agricultural workforce2, by English counties and years of occurrence, 1995–98 |
|
Number |
| Shropshire |
1 |
| Somerset |
2 |
| Staffordshire |
1 |
| Suffolk |
1 |
| Warwickshire |
1 |
| 1996 |
|
| England |
59 |
| Greater London |
1 |
| West Yorkshire |
2 |
| Cambridgeshire |
3 |
| Cheshire |
1 |
| Cleveland |
1 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
3 |
| Cumbria |
2 |
| Dorset |
2 |
| Durham |
1 |
| Essex |
3 |
| Gloucestershire |
2 |
| Hampshire |
2 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
2 |
| Hertfordshire |
1 |
| Kent |
4 |
| Lancashire |
2 |
| Lincolnshire |
4 |
| Norfolk |
1 |
| Northamptonshire |
1 |
| Northumberland |
2 |
| North Yorkshire |
5 |
| Nottinghamshire |
2 |
| Oxfordshire |
2 |
| Shropshire |
2 |
| Somerset |
5 |
| Surrey |
1 |
| West Sussex |
2 |
| 1997 |
|
| England |
58 |
| Greater London |
1 |
| Greater Manchester |
1 |
| Merseyside |
1 |
| West Midlands |
1 |
| West Yorkshire |
3 |
| Avon |
1 |
| Berkshire |
1 |
| Buckinghamshire |
1 |
| Cambridgeshire |
1 |
| Cheshire |
2 |
| Cleveland |
1 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
2 |
| Cumbria |
1 |
| Devon |
4 |
| Durham |
2 |
| East Sussex |
1 |
| Gloucestershire |
1 |
| Hampshire |
2 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
2 |
| Humberside |
3 |
| Lancashire |
2 |
| Leicestershire |
2 |
| Lincolnshire |
1 |
| Norfolk |
2 |
| Northamptonshire |
3 |
| North Yorkshire |
5 |
| Nottinghamshire |
2 |
| Oxfordshire |
1 |
| Shropshire |
2 |
| Somerset |
1 |
| Staffordshire |
3 |
| Suffolk |
1 |
| Wiltshire |
1 |
121W
| Suicides and undetermined deaths1 among the agricultural workforce2, by English counties and years of occurrence, 1995–98 |
|
Number |
| 1998 |
|
| England |
68 |
| South Yorkshire |
1 |
| West Midlands |
1 |
| West Yorkshire |
1 |
| Avon |
2 |
| Bedfordshire |
2 |
| Berkshire |
1 |
| Cambridgeshire |
2 |
| Cheshire |
2 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
4 |
| Cumbria |
2 |
| Derbyshire |
1 |
| Devon |
5 |
| Dorset |
1 |
| East Sussex |
1 |
| Essex |
1 |
| Gloucestershire |
1 |
| Hampshire |
1 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
1 |
| Humberside |
3 |
| Kent |
1 |
| Lancashire |
5 |
| Leicestershire |
2 |
| Lincolnshire |
6 |
| Norfolk |
5 |
| Northamptonshire |
2 |
| Shropshire |
2 |
| Somerset |
2 |
| Staffordshire |
3 |
| Suffolk |
1 |
| Warwickshire |
2 |
| West Sussex |
1 |
| Wiltshire |
3 |
| 1 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes E950–E959 and E980–E989 excluding E988.9. |
| 2 Deaths of those aged 16 to 74 whose last gainful occupation was in occupation units 160, 900, 901, 902, as defined in OPCS, Standard Occupational Classification, 1991, London HMSO. |