Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between 15 and 18 took their own lives in each of the last three years.
The information is not available in the format requested. The table below shows the number of deaths by suicide in people aged 15-29 in the United Kingdom between 2011 and 2013. 2013 is the latest year in which statistics are available.
Age-specific deaths by suicide (15-29 years): males and females, United Kingdom, 2011 to 2013
Year | Deaths (Males) | Deaths (Females) | Deaths (Total) |
2011 | 844 | 259 | 1,103 |
2012 | 862 | 214 | 1,076 |
2013 | 797 | 180 | 977 |
Notes:
1. In the United Kingdom, suicide is defined as deaths given an underlying cause of intentional self-harm or injury/poisoning of undetermined intent.
2. Figures include deaths of non-residents.
3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, National Records of Scotland