Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography

BMC Public Health

Table 8 Male Deaths from Suicide and Undetermined Cause in Scotland 1981 – 1999 Rates By Health Service Area and Time Period

	1981 to 1985		1986 to 1990		1991 to 1995		1996 to 1999
Primary Cause	No. of Deaths	Rate/million	No. of Deaths	Rate/million	No. of Deaths	Rate/million	No. of Deaths	Rate/million	% change from first to last time period
Argyll & Clyde	190	175	212	199	272	259	235	283	62
Ayrshire & Arran	143	158	161	178	194	214	178	246	56
Borders	31	128	41	167	62	245	42	205	60
Dumfries & Galloway	71	201	74	209	79	220	77	269	34
Fife	148	177	155	183	169	198	162	239	35
Forth Valley	102	154	127	192	136	205	131	245	59
Grampian	219	181	258	208	291	224	282	270	49
Greater Glasgow	551	234	565	252	666	304	470	270	15
Highland	131	273	155	315	144	284	125	305	12
Lanarkshire	195	140	242	177	255	187	215	197	40
Lothian	307	172	350	195	408	223	334	222	29
Orkney	13	275	11	233	15	308	11	281	2
Shetland	12	202	10	179	7	121	18	388	92
Tayside	193	205	200	214	230	242	205	272	33
Western Isles	18	230	26	343	20	274	21	376	64
Scotland	2,324	187	2,587	210	2,948	238	2,506	252	35

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