https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/suicide-risk

Suicide risk greatest for low skilled male workers
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/suicide-risk

employment health suicide

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Suicide risk greatest for low skilled male workers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/suicide-risk
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2017-07-11T09:46:16.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-11T10:04:21.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:31:06.225Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: employment, health, suicide
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39303187
• Size: 168 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Suicide risk greatest for low skilled male workers

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4164/production/_95204761_chart_suicidesmales_birmingham.png)

In March 2017 we [reported](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39303187) on new research that suggested men working in the lowest-skilled occupations and women in culture and health jobs are at the highest risk of suicide.

## Get the data

* ONS: [Suicide by occupation, England: 2011 to 2015](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/suicidebyoccupation/england2011to2015)

* ONS: [Suicide by occupation: England, main data tables (XLS)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandmaindatatables/2011to2015/dataforthecommentary.xls)

* [Suicide by occupation: England, main data tables (XLS) - local copy](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/suicide-risk/blob/master/Suicide%20by%20occupation%20England%2C%20main%20data%20tables.xls)

* [CSV: Suicides by occupation](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/suicide-risk/blob/master/suicides_by_occupation.csv) - **see notes on XLS version, sheet 4**

> "*The standardised mortality ratio (SMR) is a common measure of mortality. When the value is greater than 100, the risk of suicide is higher than that in the broader population of England. When the value is less than 100, the risk of suicide is lower than that in the broader population. Please note, findings based on the SMR cannot be used to infer causality.*"				

## Visualisation

* Bar chart: Male suicides by profession 2011-2015

* Bar chart: Female suicides by profession 2011-2015