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Suicide deaths in Scotland statistics: FOI release

Published
2026-01-05
Received
2025-09-02
Responded
2025-09-23
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1)

Information requested

You asked for the 2024 deaths by suicide and for them split by district.

Response

Most of the information you have requested is available from National Records of Scotland https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/probable-suicides-2024/

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. However, I thought it might be helpful to share that in 2024 there were 704 probable deaths in Scotland. National Records of Scotland have also uploaded a series of data tables one of which is deaths by council area.

If, however, you are unable to access this information via the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

Response Most of the information you have requested is available from National Records of Scotland https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/probable-suicides-2024/ Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

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