
An extract from an article by the office for National Statistics.
When someone takes their own life, the death is registered and we have a record of who they were, as well as where, when and how they died. These figures tell us that men, divorced people and those living in less well-off areas are at greater risk of suicide. But these facts only tell part of the story.
In 2016, there were 4,941 deaths recorded as suicide in England and Wales – but there are much larger numbers of people who co...
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