Office for National Statistics data on the prevalence of suicidal thoughts, attempts, and self-harm among adults. The report describes lifetime, past year, and past week rates by socio-demographic, economic, psychiatric, and social functioning characteristics. This official statistics report was last updated in July 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze prevalence trends of suicidal thoughts based on socio-demographic characteristics mentioned in the description
- Model associations between socio-economic status and deliberate self-harm based on survey respondent data
- Study correlations between psychiatric characteristics and suicidal attempts as described in the report
Strengths
- Data is designated as Official Statistics by the UK Office for National Statistics.
- Report covers three distinct timeframes for prevalence: lifetime, past year, and past week.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Collection Method
- Survey
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:44.797899; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- United Kingdom