"Figure 1: Significant increase in suicide rates for all persons and males in 2018","" "Age-standardised suicide rates by sex, UK, registered between 1981 and 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The National Statistics definition of suicide is given in [Section 3, Things you need to know about this release](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2018registrations#things-you-need-to-know-about-this-release). 2. Figures are for persons aged 10 years and over. 3. Age-standardised suicide rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population 2013. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations that may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 4. Figures include deaths of non-residents. 5. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than for deaths occurring in each calendar year. Owing to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in [Section 9, Registration delays have increased in England and Wales since the previous year](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2018registrations#registration-delays-have-increased-in-england-and-wales-since-the-previous-year)." "Unit","Age-standardised suicide rates" "","" "","Persons","Males","Females" "1981","14.7","19.5","10.6" "1982","14.4","19.3","10.2" "1983","14.0","19.1","9.6" "1984","14.0","19.2","9.5" "1985","14.7","20.1","9.8" "1986","14.2","20.4","8.9" "1987","13.4","19.6","8.2" "1988","14.4","21.4","8.3" "1989","12.7","19.0","7.2" "1990","13.2","20.2","6.9" "1991","12.8","19.7","6.6" "1992","12.9","19.9","6.6" "1993","12.5","19.2","6.4" "1994","12.1","18.8","6.1" "1995","12.1","18.9","6.0" "1996","11.6","18.1","5.8" "1997","11.4","17.6","5.8" "1998","12.4","19.3","6.0" "1999","12.2","19.3","5.8" "2000","11.9","18.4","5.9" "2001","11.5","17.9","5.5" "2002","11.2","17.1","5.6" "2003","10.9","16.9","5.5" "2004","11.1","16.9","5.8" "2005","10.7","16.4","5.5" "2006","10.4","16.2","5.0" "2007","10.0","15.6","4.7" "2008","10.5","16.3","5.0" "2009","10.3","16.1","4.9" "2010","10.2","15.8","4.9" "2011","10.9","16.8","5.3" "2012","10.7","16.8","4.9" "2013","11.1","17.8","4.8" "2014","10.8","16.8","5.2" "2015","10.9","16.6","5.4" "2016","10.4","16.0","5.0" "2017","10.1","15.5","4.9" "2018","11.2","17.2","5.4"