Mental health
Suicide rates vary considerably across the capital, with inner London
having significantly higher rates than the English average, and outer
London having significantly lower rates. Suicide is strongly related to
deprivation and unemployment – and unemployment is highest in the inner
city. As with national trends, suicide is most common among men,
accounting for 72 per cent of deaths – though this figure is lower than
suicide rates for men across the rest of England. Many of the boroughs
with high suicide rates have high hospital admission figures for
schizophrenia.
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Deaths by suicide
| Least | | |
| 1 | Kingston
| 29
|
| 2 | Sutton | 31 |
| 3= | Barking & Dagenham, Richmond
| 32 |
| 5 | Havering | 39 |
| Most |
|
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| 28 | Southwark | 79 |
| 29 | Camden | 80 |
| 30 | Islington | 81 |
| 31 | Westminster | 82 |
| 32 | Wandsworth | 85 |
(Source: ‘Deaths From Suicide and Undetermined Injury Aged 15 Years and Over, 2001-2003’, London Health Observatory)
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