Published By Department of Health
Issued almost 10 years ago
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[Table](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/suicide-mortality-borough.xls) of directly (DSR) age-standardised rates of suicides per 100,000 population, and Indirectly (SMR) (Includes undetermined Injuries), all ages and age 15 plus, three year (pooled) average and annual, by sex. Deaths from intentional self-harm and injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (ICD-10 X60-X84, Y10-Y34 exc Y33.9, ICD-9 E950-E959 and E980-E989 exc E988.8), registered in the respective calendar year(s). DSR stands for Directly age-Standardised Rates. Mortality rates are age standardised using the European Standard Population as defined by the World Health Organisation. 3 year average rates are calculated as the average of single year rates for 3 successive years. Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR), England = 100 NHS mental health information can be found [here](http://www.london.nhs.uk/your-nhs-in-london/publishing-nhs-data/mental-health-data). Various other suicide indicators are available from [IC NHS](https://indicators.ic.nhs.uk/webview/) website, including years of life lost, crude death rates, and indirectly standardised ratios (SMR). Follow: Compendium of population health indicators > Illness and Condition > Mental health and behavioural disorders