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Suicide
Social aspects ACEs Altruistic Bullying Copycat Dysfunctional family Epidemic Identity performance Legislation Philosophy Religious views Right to die School bullying Shame Social isolation Social media and suicide Social rejection Social support Toxic workplace Voluntary euthanasia Workplace bullying
Crisis Assessment of risk Crisis hotline (list) Intervention Prevention Suicide attempt Suicide watch
Types Assisted Bullying and suicide (list) Copycat Familicide Forced Honor Jauhar Mass Murder–suicide Prisoner suicide Rail Pact Internet Prayopavesa Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal
Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related suicides Methods Rate by country Seasonal effects Suicidal person Youth suicide among LGBT youth
History List of suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide mission
Related phenomena Anguish Alcoholism Anhedonia Anxiety disorder Autism spectrum Coping Coping planning Depression (mood) Diseases of despair Echo chamber Grief Ideation Locations Major depressive disorder Mental disorder Neurodevelopmental disorder Non-suicidal self-injury Perfectionism Self-harm Self-hatred Substance abuse Suffering Suicidal ambivalence Suicide and the Internet Suicide and trauma Suicide awareness Suicide in colleges in the United States Suicide in music subcultures Suicide note Suicide survivor Suicide terminology Suicide tourism Suicidology Warning signs of suicide
By country Rate by country Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cameroon Canada China France Greenland India Iran Ireland Japan Lithuania Nepal Pakistan Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States
Organizations Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society
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Suicide deaths per 100,000 persons (1960–2017) in G7 countries, Russia and South Korea^[1]

Suicide is a significant national social issue in the United Kingdom. In 2019 there were 5,691 registered deaths by suicide in England and Wales, equating to an average of 18 suicides per day.^[2] Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the country.^[3]

Governmental and other organisations have created different initiatives to attempt to prevent suicides in the country, including the establishment of a new post, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention).^[4]

^ "Health status - Suicide rates - OECD Data". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Suicides in the UK - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ Male suicide: 'His death was the missing piece of the jigsaw'. BBC News. Published 28 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2020.