Year: 2008 Source: Cardiff, Wales: National Public Health Service for Wales, (November 2008). 57p. SIEC No: 20090422

Suicide accounts for about 300 deaths per year in Wales, almost one in five deaths among men aged 15 to 24 and almost one in ten deaths among women of that age. Deaths attributed to suicide are substantially higher (1.7 times) than those attributed to road traffic accidents. Suicide is associated with many factors including deprivation and psychiatric and physical illness. This document is intended to support the national action plan to reduce suicide and self harm in Wales. It collates information from available data to inform local and national agencies to assist suicide and self harm prevention.