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Suicide statistics (FOI)

Suicide statistics (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 22 April 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Total suicide rates for both men and women all age ranges from 1990 till 30/3/2022.

Response

The most recent figures available on suicides are currently for 2019. Data is in arrears as deaths suspected to be by suicide need to have completed the inquest process before the cause of death is confirmed. Statistics on completed suicides in Jersey are published annually by Statistics Jersey in the Jersey Mortality report on www.gov.je. Figures for 2020 are due to be published in September 2022 and figures for 2021 will be published in September 2023. 
Due to the small numbers involved, no gender breakdown will be provided. Release of the information requested could negatively impact living relatives or other connected individuals and it is considered that their right to privacy outweighs the public interest supporting the release of the information requested. It is therefore exempt under Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.
Annual number of resident deaths from suicide and events of undetermined intent:
YearNumber of deaths
1990
13
199112
199212
199312
1994
12
19959
199612
19979
1998
11
199910
200013
20019
20028
200311
200411
20058
200614
200715
200816
200926
201010
20118
201212
20139
20148
201510
201615
20177
201813
201911
2020To be published September 2022
2021To be published September 2023

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
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