The profile of suicide victims in Britain is changing
New data show that old people and Londoners are less at risk
As covid-19 spread in the spring of 2020, some feared a rise in the suicide rate. Many people were isolated and depressed, and the National Health Service was focused on battling the new disease rather than on Britons’ mental health. Data released by the Office for National Statistics on September 6th suggests they need not have worried. Last year 5,583 suicides were recorded. That is a rate of 10.7 per 100,000 people, a shade lower than the 2019 rate of 11 per 100,000.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A new pattern”
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