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  "Suicides by the ONS's definition: deaths from intentional self-harm at 10 and over and deaths from injury or poisoning of undetermined intent at 15 and over, by the year they were registered, which can be months or years after the death while an inquest is held, so a year's figure is not the year's deaths.",
  "England and Wales's figure also counts the deaths of non-residents registered there, so it is more than England's and Wales's together. Each rate is per 100,000 people aged 10 and over, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population, so years and areas with different ages can be compared. The headline gives the number registered, which the ONS gives beside each rate. The National Records of Scotland and NISRA publish Scotland's and Northern Ireland's.",
  "If you are affected by the subject, Samaritans can be reached free at any time on 116 123."
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    {
     "x": "2014",
     "v": 16.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015",
     "v": 15.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2016",
     "v": 15.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2017",
     "v": 14.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2018",
     "v": 16.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2019",
     "v": 17.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020",
     "v": 15.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2021",
     "v": 16.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2022",
     "v": 16.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2023",
     "v": 17.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2024",
     "v": 17.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2025",
     "v": 17.5
    }
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   "points": [
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     "x": "1981",
     "v": 10.5
    },
    {
     "x": "1982",
     "v": 10.1
    },
    {
     "x": "1983",
     "v": 9.5
    },
    {
     "x": "1984",
     "v": 9.5
    },
    {
     "x": "1985",
     "v": 9.8
    },
    {
     "x": "1986",
     "v": 8.7
    },
    {
     "x": "1987",
     "v": 8.1
    },
    {
     "x": "1988",
     "v": 8.1
    },
    {
     "x": "1989",
     "v": 7.0
    },
    {
     "x": "1990",
     "v": 6.8
    },
    {
     "x": "1991",
     "v": 6.5
    },
    {
     "x": "1992",
     "v": 6.4
    },
    {
     "x": "1993",
     "v": 6.1
    },
    {
     "x": "1994",
     "v": 5.7
    },
    {
     "x": "1995",
     "v": 5.6
    },
    {
     "x": "1996",
     "v": 5.4
    },
    {
     "x": "1997",
     "v": 5.5
    },
    {
     "x": "1998",
     "v": 5.6
    },
    {
     "x": "1999",
     "v": 5.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2000",
     "v": 5.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2001",
     "v": 5.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2002",
     "v": 5.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2003",
     "v": 5.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2004",
     "v": 5.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2005",
     "v": 5.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2006",
     "v": 4.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2007",
     "v": 4.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2008",
     "v": 4.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2009",
     "v": 4.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2010",
     "v": 4.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2011",
     "v": 4.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2012",
     "v": 4.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2013",
     "v": 4.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2014",
     "v": 4.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2015",
     "v": 5.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016",
     "v": 4.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2017",
     "v": 4.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2018",
     "v": 5.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019",
     "v": 5.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2020",
     "v": 4.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2021",
     "v": 5.4
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    {
     "x": "2022",
     "v": 5.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023",
     "v": 5.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2024",
     "v": 5.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2025",
     "v": 5.5
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