Deaths from Suicide and Undetermined Injury with Age-Standardized Rates

Directly Age-Standardized Rates (DASR) enable direct comparisons of suicide mortality across different populations by canceling out age-structure effects. This dataset shows 3-year moving averages of deaths from suicide and undetermined injury for people aged 10 and over, sourced from the UK's Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Data is updated annually and includes figures by gender where numbers are sufficient.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in suicide mortality over time based on 3-year moving averages.
• Compare age-standardized suicide rates between different geographic areas based on DASR methodology.
• Investigate gender disparities in suicide and undetermined injury deaths.
• Assess underlying rates of mental ill-health using suicide as an indicator as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data uses Directly Age-Standardized Rates (DASR) for valid cross-area comparisons.
• Includes deaths from both suicide and undetermined injury for ages 10 and over.
• Updated annually by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

Limitations

• Row count and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Low numbers may result in zero values or missing data, as noted in the description.

Provenance

Source

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) indicator 41001 (E10).

Collection Method

Official public health records and statistics.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated annually.

Geography

Likely covers areas under the UK's Public Health Outcomes Framework, but specific geography is not stated.