Mortality from intentional self-harm and injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (ICD-10 X60-X84, Y10-Y34 exc Y33.9 equivalent to ICD-9 E950-E959 and E980-E989 exc E988.8).
This indicator has been superseded by P00546 to ensure parity with the ONS definition.
To reduce the number of suicides. The directly age-standardised suicide rate for persons of all ages is a target indicator in the Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation strategy (See indicator specification “Further reading”). The target is a 20% reduction by the year 2010 from the baseline rate in 1995-97. This indicator was also one of the targets in the Health of the Nation strategy.
There will be no further updates for this indicator.
Legacy unique identifier: P00543