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Contents
Introduction 3
Things you need to know about this release 3
Results: Overall numbers and rates of suicide 4
Overall suicides and waiting verdicts 4
Female suicides and waiting verdicts 4
Trends over time 5
Trends over time - Service 7
Trends over time - Comparison to UK general population 8
Trends over time - Age and service 10
Results: Suicide methods 12
Overall number by method 12
Trends over time - Methods 13
Glossary 15
Methodology 17
Data sources 17
Definition 17
Data coverage 18
Calculating a rate 18
Calculating standardised mortality ratios (SMR) 18
Calculating a confidence interval 19
Strengths and weaknesses of data presented in this notice 19
Changes to previously published data 19
Further information 20
Annex A - UK regular armed forces suicides 1984-2022, additional table 21
Table 1. UK regular armed forces female suicides and waiting verdicts, numbers 4
Figure 1. UK regular armed forces suicide and waiting verdict deaths by gender, numbers and percentages 4
Figure 2. UK regular armed forces and UK general population male suicide by service, three-year moving average, rates 6
Figure 3. UK regular armed forces male suicides by service, age-standardised rates 6
Figure 4. UK regular armed forces male suicides by service, standardised mortality ratios 2003-2022 8
Figure 5. UK regular armed forces male suicides by service, standardised mortality ratios 2019-2021 9
Figure 6. UK regular armed forces male suicides by age group, three-year moving average rates 10
Figure 7. UK regular armed forces male suicides by method, numbers and percentages 12
Figure 8. UK regular armed forces male suicide rates by method and five-year moving average, age-standardised rates 14
Annex Tables
Table A1/Table A2. UK regular armed forces suicides by year, gender and service, numbers 1984 to 2022 21