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West Sussex county · 2022 - 24

Lives lost to suicide

11.5

Age-standardised suicide deaths per 100,000 people aged 10+ per year.

62nd highest suicide rate of 151 upper-tier authorities

Suicide rate, people aged 10 and over · Persons, 10+ yrs

England: 10.9 · 2022 - 24 — Similar

healthcards · West Sussex · 2022 - 24

What this means

West Sussex's age-standardised suicide rate was 11.5 per 100,000 people aged 10 and over per year, averaged across 2022 to 2024; 271 deaths were registered across the three years.

Source denominator: 2,427,824 person-years across the three-year period (Persons, 10+ yrs; not unique residents). The rate is age-standardised, not count divided by this denominator.

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Source & provenance

Indicator:
Suicide rate, people aged 10 and over (ID 41001)
Source:
Office for National Statistics mortality data via OHID Fingertips
Area:
West Sussex (E10000032), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2022 - 24; retrieved 2026-10-14 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, 10+ yrs

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Caveats

  • An annual rate pooled over three years for stability, not a cumulative three-year rate.
  • The ONS definition includes intentional self-harm deaths at ages 10+ and deaths of undetermined intent at ages 15+.
  • Registration delays mean recent figures can be revised; small local counts create wide uncertainty.
  • 95% confidence interval: 10.1 to 12.9 per 100,000.
  • Derived from the published point estimates for 151 upper-tier authorities with data. Exact ties share a rank. Overlapping confidence intervals mean nearby ranks may not be meaningfully different.
  • If this subject affects you, Samaritans is available free on 116 123 in the UK and Ireland.
  • Lower means fewer deaths after age-standardisation. An area rate says nothing about any individual’s risk.

Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.