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Suicide Rates: Construction Occupations (England & Wales) 2015 - 2021
Prof Billy Hare, GCU BEAM Research Centre, Glasgow
The number of suicides attributed to construction occupations in 2021 is 507, most of which are male (503). This figure constitutes a rise of 24 from the previous year and 25 more than the previous five year average. This is against a backdrop of steadily falling numbers employed, which if all other factors were equal should see a drop in the absolute number of suicides. The suicide rate for construction occupations in 2021 is 33.82 per 100,000. This is the highest rate since analysis of this data began at GCU (from 2015) and the first time the rate has breached the 30/100,000 threshold. The rate for 2021 is 6.6 (24%) higher than the previous rolling five year average of 27.22.
Management and professional occupations have had the lowest rates of death by suicide since 2015, and have been on a downward trajectory. However, in 2021 the rate for this occupational group doubled from 4.9 to 11.2 deaths per 100,000. This constitutes a rise of 5.1 (84%) on the previous rolling five year average and is the highest it's been since recording the data from 2015. The rate for skilled workers increased 21% on the previous five year average, whilst 'plant and process' and 'unskilled' workers rose 18% and 16% respectively, despite the rate for each of these occupations falling slightly from the previous year.