The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 1 February 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the number of suicides in Wales in each constituency in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) sex and (b) age. (183369)
The tables attached provide the number of deaths where suicide was the underlying cause of death in Wales by (a) parliamentary constituency and sex, and (b) five year age group, for 2000 to 2006 (the latest year available). Figures are not available for parliamentary constituency, broken down by sex and age, as these data are judged to be too detailed to preserve anonymity in death statistics.
Deaths Parliamentary constituency Sex 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Aberavon Male 10 13 4 6 8 10 5 Female 1 1 2 0 4 3 2 Total 11 14 6 6 12 13 7 Alyn and Deeside Male 7 7 5 5 6 5 6 Female 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 Total 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 Blaenau Gwent Male 11 4 9 2 11 5 1 Female 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Total 11 4 9 4 11 5 3 Brecon and Radnorshire Male 5 11 1 2 2 8 3 Female 2 0 2 1 2 5 3 Total 7 11 3 3 4 13 6 Bridgend Male 8 4 7 9 7 8 12 Female 2 0 1 3 3 1 5 Total 10 4 8 12 10 9 17 Caernarvon Male 4 2 1 4 6 3 3 Female 1 1 0 4 4 2 2 Total 5 3 1 8 10 5 5 Caerphilly Male 8 7 7 6 12 3 6 Female 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 Total 8 7 8 8 14 4 8 Cardiff Central Male 3 6 6 6 6 5 7 Female 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 Total 4 8 9 7 9 9 11 Cardiff North Male 6 7 6 5 5 3 4 Female 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 9 8 7 6 6 4 5 Cardiff South and Penarth Male 7 6 8 5 5 4 3 Female 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 Total 10 7 8 7 6 5 5 Cardiff West Male 7 5 4 7 14 3 8 Female 0 1 2 4 1 1 5 Total 7 6 6 11 15 4 13 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Male 8 7 6 10 12 7 9 Female 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 Total 10 8 8 12 12 8 10 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Male 8 11 7 6 9 7 9 Female 1 2 1 4 4 0 1 Total 9 13 8 10 13 7 10 Ceredigion Male 3 6 7 9 4 7 7 Female 0 2 5 3 5 0 2 Total 3 8 12 12 9 7 9 Clwyd South Male 5 5 6 5 9 5 6 Female 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 Total 6 6 7 6 9 7 9 Clwyd West Male 5 5 4 11 10 7 12 Female 2 3 4 3 3 3 0 Total 7 8 8 14 13 10 12 Conwy Male 6 6 9 4 3 5 9 Female 4 0 6 2 3 0 2 Total 10 6 15 6 6 5 11 Cynon Valley Male 3 9 2 5 5 4 5 Female 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 Total 4 11 5 7 7 5 6 Delyn Male 10 6 5 8 13 7 7 Female 5 1 1 2 0 0 3 Total 15 7 6 10 13 7 10 Gower Male 5 9 4 9 2 2 4 Female 2 3 2 2 1 0 3 Total 7 12 6 11 3 2 7 Islwyn Male 3 4 6 9 7 4 5 Female 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 Total 3 4 6 12 7 5 7 Llanelli Male 6 8 6 8 4 6 6 Female 3 5 2 2 1 3 1 Total 9 13 8 10 5 9 7 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Male 7 3 4 6 3 2 3 Female 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 Total 9 7 5 8 3 3 4 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Male 11 6 4 10 4 4 6 Female 1 1 3 0 2 3 4 Total 12 7 7 10 6 7 10 Monmouth Male 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 Female 1 0 2 2 4 0 1 Total 7 5 8 5 7 3 8 Montgomeryshire Male 3 10 4 8 4 6 3 Female 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 Total 5 11 5 12 6 6 4 Neath Male 1 5 10 12 4 8 5 Female 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 Total 3 7 12 14 4 8 7 Newport East Male 6 7 6 4 3 4 4 Female 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 Total 9 8 6 5 3 7 4 Newport West Male 5 5 5 3 4 8 9 Female 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 Total 6 6 6 3 5 9 11 Ogmore Male 6 8 9 5 7 5 3 Female 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Total 6 8 9 7 7 6 4 Pontypridd Male 10 7 7 7 6 3 3 Female 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 Total 12 10 9 7 8 3 4 Preseli Pembrokeshire Male 8 9 5 6 6 9 1 Female 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 Total 11 10 9 6 6 9 3 Rhondda Male 4 8 5 6 8 7 6 Female 2 2 5 4 2 2 1 Total 6 10 10 10 10 9 7 Swansea East Male 5 7 9 9 7 8 7 Female 2 3 3 3 2 0 1 Total 7 10 12 12 9 8 8 Swansea West Male 7 3 6 6 4 4 6 Female 1 2 4 5 3 1 5 Total 8 5 10 11 7 5 11 Torfaen Male 6 7 4 7 7 4 5 Female 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 Total 9 9 5 9 8 7 6 Vale of Clwyd Male 11 3 8 3 13 5 6 Female 2 2 2 0 3 4 3 Total 13 5 10 3 16 9 9 Vale of Glamorgan Male 8 6 6 7 5 6 4 Female 3 4 3 0 5 2 2 Total 11 10 9 7 10 8 6 Wrexham Male 5 3 5 4 5 6 6 Female 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 Total 6 4 5 7 6 9 8 Ynys Mon Male 4 4 6 7 5 3 3 Female 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 Total 6 5 6 7 8 4 3 Total 319 313 304 332 330 269 301
Deaths (persons) Age group 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 15-19 23 13 7 16 16 8 7 20-24 27 25 31 43 19 19 22 25-29 34 34 30 39 28 13 16 30-34 37 33 32 39 32 34 30 35-39 44 38 35 33 37 25 39 40-44 21 30 39 29 31 31 30 45-49 27 30 25 27 33 29 32 50-54 23 26 25 26 34 32 26 55-59 22 20 21 27 24 25 30 60-64 16 17 16 19 16 14 21 65-69 9 16 11 7 18 10 17 70-74 15 10 6 13 14 7 12 75-79 10 11 8 6 16 8 9 80-84 5 3 10 7 6 7 5 85+ 6 7 8 1 6 7 5 Total 319 313 304 332 330 269 301 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 year 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 Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year