The Facts about Suicide

• Every day around two people die from suicide in Scotland.
  
  
• In Scotland, in 2008, there were 843 deaths that were confirmed as, or suspected to be suicides.
  
  
• Almost three out of four suicides are by men.
  
  
• Suicide is a leading cause of mortality in young people (18-34) in Scotland.
  
  
• Around three out of four of suicides are completed by people who have not been in contact with mental health services in the year before death.
  
  
• Based on three-year rolling averages there was a 10% fall in suicide rates between 2000-02 and 2006-08