Crisis Statistics
Cause of death | Deaths per week (UK) |
Cervical cancer | 14 |
Road traffic accidents | 33 |
Motor Neuron Disease | 6 |
Testicular cancer | 1 |
Thyroid cancer | 7 |
Flu | 12 |
Homicide | 14 |
Epilepsy | 23 |
Total | 110 |
20.6% of the UK population experience suicidal thoughts [1](McManus et al., 2016)
84 men per week lose their lives to suicide in the UK [3](Calm., 2018)
75% of UK suicides are male [2](Samaritans Suicide Report., 2018)
Suicide is the largest cause of death in men under 49 [4](Office for National Statistics., 2015)