§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides took place(a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. [60531]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 10 June 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many suicides took place (a) on the Isle of Wight, (b) in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. I am replying in his absence. (60531)The most recently available information is for deaths in 2000. Figures for each year from 1997 to 2000 are given in the table below.
Number of deaths from suicide and undetermined whether purposely inflicted or not1 occurring (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland, 1997 to 20002 Calendar year 1997 1998 1999 2000 (a) Isle of Wight 9 20 22 15 (b)(i) England 4,685 4,830 4,857 4,618 (ii) Scotland 874 878 874 876 (iii) Wales 296 324 331 303 (iv) Northern Ireland 139 144 145 194 1 Causes of death were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E950–E959 and E980–E989 excluding E988.8 in England and Wales, E950–E959 and E980–E989 in Northern Ireland, and E950–59 and E980–E989 in Scotland for 1997 to 1999. For Scotland data for 2000 were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes X60–X84 and Y10–Y34 2 Figures for England and Wales are for deaths occurring in each calendar year. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are for deaths registered in each calendar year.