Suicide in the East Midlands and England – an Update

This report examines the information & trends in suicide in England & the East Midlands. The purpose of the report is to investigate & analyse data in order to understand better suicide patterns in the East Midlands, to identify any gaps in data & information, & to assess any changes that occurred since the previous report published in 2005. There were 333 adults deaths from suicide & undetermined injury in the East Midlands in 2008. Between 1999-2008, the directly standardised rate of suicide continued to fall, from 9.55 to 7.24 per 100,000 population.