Table 9 Female Deaths from Suicide and Undetermined Cause in Scotland 1981 – 1999 Rates By Health Service Area and Time Period
From: Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography
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 | 96 | 82 | 73 | 64 | 76 | 68 | 85 | 96 | 17 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 88 | 90 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 49 | 63 | -30 |
Borders | 26 | 98 | 20 | 75 | 18 | 66 | 19 | 86 | -12 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 34 | 91 | 29 | 77 | 32 | 84 | 27 | 89 | -2 |
Fife | 79 | 89 | 76 | 85 | 69 | 77 | 53 | 74 | -18 |
Forth Valley | 53 | 75 | 44 | 63 | 55 | 78 | 43 | 76 | 0.3 |
Grampian | 133 | 105 | 85 | 66 | 84 | 63 | 81 | 76 | -28 |
Greater Glasgow | 270 | 104 | 238 | 97 | 235 | 98 | 178 | 94 | -10 |
Highland | 41 | 82 | 40 | 79 | 59 | 112 | 29 | 68 | -17 |
Lanarkshire | 98 | 67 | 93 | 64 | 93 | 64 | 82 | 71 | 7 |
Lothian | 165 | 85 | 156 | 81 | 143 | 73 | 134 | 84 | -0.3 |
Orkney | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 60 | 8 | 202 | 390 |
Shetland | 1 | 17 | 4 | 72 | 7 | 125 | 4 | 88 | 412 |
Tayside | 91 | 88 | 93 | 92 | 101 | 99 | 72 | 89 | 0.6 |
Western Isles | 3 | 38 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 88 | 130 |
Scotland | 1,180 | 88 | 1,030 | 78 | 1,058 | 80 | 869 | 82 | -7 |