evidence: The number of suicide deaths in Northern Ireland has increased and is the highest since 2015, new statistics show. [...] Northern Ireland had an age-standardised rate of 14.3 suicides per 100,000 population in 2021. This is slightly higher than the 14.0 suicides per 100,000 population for Scotland but notably above the rate for England and Wales at 10.5 suicides per 100,000. [...] Northern Ireland’s most deprived areas had a suicide rate that was almost twice that of the least deprived areas in 2020 (19.7 deaths per 100,000 in the most deprived areas, 10.8 per 100,000 in the least deprived).