Published ***** 2024

 

The aim of the RTSSS is to act as a central national repository for deaths by suspected suicide in Wales and to generate the intelligence to inform suicide prevention activity across Wales. This report will help us understand which particular groups are at risk and will help to inform suicide prevention work.The aim of the RTSSS is to act as a central national repository for deaths by suspected suicide in Wales and to generate the intelligence to inform suicide prevention activity across Wales. This report will help us understand which particular groups are at risk and will help to inform suicide prevention work.

 

Main findings

 

Section 1 - Background

 

 

Using RTSSS data

 

Section 2 - Measuring the data

Data sources

 

Data analysis

 

Strengths

 

Limitations

 

Section 3 - Findings

Deaths by suspected suicide in Wales

 

Deaths by suspected suicide, Welsh residents, by month

 

Figure 1. Deaths by suspected suicide, by month, all persons, all ages, counts, Welsh residents 2023/24

Produced by Public Health Wales Observatory, using RTSSS data

 

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Deaths by suspected suicide, by region of residence

 

Figure 2. Deaths by suspected suicide, by region of residence*, crude rate per 100,000, Welsh residents, 2023/24

Produced by Public Health Wales Observatory, using RTSSS data and MYE (ONS)

 

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