Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
I can only see data for up to 2019.

In 2019 the number of suicides reported in Scotland was 833, in 2018 it was 784 an increase of 5.9% in 2019 over 2018 - this is under something called the 'New Coding Rules'. I've no idea what the coding rules are.

The five year rolling average for suicides up to 2015 was 776, for 2016 it was 744, for 2017 it was 714, for 2018 it was 712 and for 2019 it was 739.4 - does that really say suicide rate isn't increasing? These are the stats after all and they tell me the rate seemed to drop off up until 2019 when there was a fairly significant increase. What happened in 2019 to cause this jump? Will that same thing cause another increase in 2020? I rather think it will, in fact I think it'll be significantly worse with the added stress of Covid.

Can you show me where I can find the published information to back your statement that the suicide rate isn't increasing? I'm genuinely interested. NRS website doesn't seem to have any 2020 data yet so for now let's just say the rate's on the up.
Nevertheless, a reasonably consistent picture is beginning to emerge from high income countries. Reports suggest either no rise in suicide rates (Massachusetts, USA11; Victoria, Australia13; England14) or a fall (Japan,9 Norway15) in the early months of the pandemic.
That's from the bmj