The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many suicides there have been in each county in each of the last 10 years. (167641)
The attached table provides the number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death in each county in England and Wales, from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Deaths (persons) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Counties, England Greater London 667 778 682 621 630 630 659 627 620 588 Greater Manchester 274 299 296 293 262 223 242 232 270 242 Merseyside 136 155 161 141 157 132 132 122 137 130 South Yorkshire 130 133 124 113 100 103 116 99 117 99 Tyne and Wear 121 127 118 132 110 95 95 115 91 98 West Midlands 218 215 255 259 244 223 201 233 217 199 West Yorkshire 203 201 226 173 183 193 159 209 194 171 Bedfordshire 26 30 47 28 23 36 22 35 31 22 Buckinghamshire 38 46 39 37 36 32 29 33 45 27 Cambridgeshire 41 52 37 54 38 56 45 43 41 49 Cheshire 71 51 79 57 53 56 48 54 52 60 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 74 60 63 51 60 65 59 85 62 55 Cumbria 55 73 62 56 42 53 58 64 57 49 Derbyshire 67 57 59 69 57 64 68 52 54 46 Devon 65 86 78 79 68 68 56 78 77 63 Dorset 33 40 43 37 38 31 28 38 28 37 Durham 47 49 57 34 44 46 53 44 50 36 East Sussex 72 51 47 64 48 58 57 62 58 54 Essex 98 121 107 103 102 91 99 96 112 120 Gloucestershire 52 48 60 65 52 45 61 61 58 53 Hampshire 95 101 115 113 90 100 90 84 78 79 Hertfordshire 78 71 68 66 70 75 95 65 80 57 Kent 115 128 111 128 124 117 135 128 125 113 Lancashire 123 148 128 117 120 94 93 113 94 84 Leicestershire 45 41 49 54 45 48 36 48 36 54 Lincolnshire 43 64 73 61 73 63 70 53 73 68 Norfolk 71 89 86 71 76 74 73 91 74 66 Northamptonshire 56 60 45 55 66 53 64 55 46 51 Northumberland 28 30 32 30 25 30 29 55 32 39 North Yorkshire 67 63 52 58 59 50 59 45 59 54 Nottinghamshire 67 57 72 71 70 64 50 93 67 59 Oxfordshire 52 45 54 44 55 68 41 56 40 72 Shropshire 17 21 30 31 30 29 37 25 28 28 Somerset 39 47 40 59 44 44 50 45 48 56 Staffordshire 56 87 85 81 73 70 83 56 50 50 Suffolk 48 58 56 48 62 59 60 54 59 52 Surrey 107 91 73 79 74 78 89 78 91 66 Warwickshire 29 42 39 53 60 40 38 48 23 34 West Sussex 82 62 76 69 80 69 76 79 67 65 Wiltshire 25 27 31 43 29 44 27 36 46 30 Worcestershire 51 48 64 66 51 38 61 48 54 46 Unitary authorities, England Bath and North East Somerset UA 13 17 14 12 13 13 11 11 7 4 Blackburn with Darwen UA 31 18 16 16 18 21 15 21 11 14 Blackpool UA 26 27 19 21 33 29 24 5 27 26 Bournemouth UA 22 19 21 22 26 16 19 21 15 18 Bracknell Forest UA 3 16 9 11 6 9 4 7 9 7 Brighton and Hove UA 42 49 34 38 45 37 47 36 33 46 Bristol. City of UA 32 41 46 28 30 24 34 24 44 35 Darlington UA 7 16 10 9 17 6 12 10 14 9 Derby UA 16 21 35 26 16 30 16 16 22 22 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 20 39 21 28 35 38 22 29 33 26 Halton UA 10 12 6 19 8 12 15 9 15 13 Hartlepool UA 4 9 9 11 8 14 11 7 7 4 Herefordshire, County of UA 19 18 29 19 16 15 12 18 19 20 Isle of Wight UA 18 12 23 13 19 20 24 13 13 13 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 17 44 34 40 29 26 27 38 33 22 Leicester UA 28 32 34 33 30 19 30 26 32 28 Luton UA 17 14 15 13 13 19 16 18 15 15 Medway UA 12 24 12 18 17 22 13 20 21 23 Middlesbrough UA 14 19 15 22 17 18 32 27 14 11 Milton Keynes UA 17 21 15 26 7 20 10 12 14 12 North East Lincolnshire UA 9 24 21 16 11 21 13 22 11 9 North Lincolnshire UA 9 16 14 18 14 11 13 13 20 11 North Somerset UA 9 11 14 16 14 12 17 9 8 17 Nottingham UA 18 41 39 29 36 20 35 38 34 27 Peterborough UA 15 17 10 20 24 22 14 22 10 14 Plymouth UA 26 22 43 29 27 16 19 24 13 29 Poole UA 19 10 20 15 16 18 13 11 14 15 Portsmouth UA 16 22 23 23 19 19 22 17 9 23 Reading UA 4 15 10 11 20 11 14 19 11 11 Redcar and Cleveland UA 11 17 11 20 13 15 20 10 19 12 Rutland UA 2 1 1 3 4 1 5 5 3 3 Slough UA 7 18 12 7 11 12 12 7 10 12 South Gloucestershire UA 13 11 13 17 14 11 13 8 11 14 Southampton UA 26 28 31 20 21 21 15 22 31 20 Southend-on-Sea UA 13 19 9 20 24 20 16 17 18 20 Stockton-on-Tees UA 24 23 6 21 15 15 20 27 15 19 Stoke-on-Trent UA 18 32 31 18 30 33 17 18 20 16 Swindon UA 8 22 15 13 17 25 24 20 11 14 Telford and Wrekin UA 14 11 13 15 15 18 17 8 14 18 Thurrock UA 7 11 10 12 8 14 10 11 8 9 Torbay UA 20 17 9 23 20 20 21 18 11 20 Warrington UA 13 18 22 22 26 20 10 17 14 18 West Berkshire UA 13 10 12 11 8 10 10 14 20 8 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 7 17 12 10 7 11 6 8 13 11 Wokingham UA 7 9 18 17 9 9 3 7 6 7 York UA 19 22 16 10 11 12 14 17 15 11 Counties and county boroughs, Wales Blaenau Gwent 4 9 12 11 4 9 4 11 5 3 Bridgend 13 12 14 15 10 16 18 16 11 20 Caerphilly 11 17 22 14 14 15 21 21 9 15 Cardiff 28 22 32 27 28 27 32 36 21 34 Carmarthenshire 18 17 24 24 27 17 27 24 20 22 Ceredigion 7 8 8 3 8 11 11 9 7 9 Conwy 18 15 11 13 15 19 15 18 12 20 Denbighshire 16 17 14 14 7 13 8 17 13 14 Flintshire 11 21 10 23 15 13 17 20 13 16 Gwynedd 11 16 14 17 9 9 16 13 8 9 Isle of Anglesey 2 10 10 6 5 6 7 8 4 3 Merthyr Tydfil 11 4 9 9 4 6 9 6 7 10 Monmouthshire 8 6 5 10 6 7 6 8 4 10 Neath Port Talbot 17 15 12 14 21 18 20 16 21 14 Newport 9 11 12 12 12 12 7 7 15 13 Pembrokeshire 11 13 12 15 17 17 12 12 13 8 Powys 13 10 15 12 22 8 15 10 19 10 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 25 34 31 22 33 25 24 24 19 18 Swansea 27 31 30 22 27 28 34 19 15 26 The Vale of Glamorgan 7 9 14 15 11 12 7 12 11 6 Torfaen 8 8 7 9 10 6 9 8 7 6 Wrexham 13 13 14 12 8 10 13 15 15 15 1 Suicide was defined using the International Classification of Diseases. Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E950-E959 and E980-E989, excluding E988.8 for the years 1997 to 2000. and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes X60-X84 and Y10-Y34. excluding Y33.9 (where the coroner’s verdict was pending) for the years 2001 to 2006. 2 Suicide and undetermined intent deaths have not been included for children under the age of 15 years. 3 Based on boundaries as of 2007. All counties, county boroughs and unitary authorities in England and Wales have been included in the definition of ‘county’. 4 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.