Office for National Statistics

How suicide statistics are changing

Categories: Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population
People talking in support group

A change in the standard of proof for how suicides are recorded that occurred in 2018 and increasing delays in the time taken for suicides to be registered have created challenges for ONS in communicating our suicide statistics. In this blog, David Mais, Head of Mortality Statistics, explores how these developments are changing our releases.  

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More than just numbers: How ONS connects with users of population statistics

Categories: Census, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population
A group of people next to the River Thames

Without high-quality population statistics, making good decisions on resource allocation and proper planning for public services is almost impossible.  But we know that producing statistics that are robust and reliable relies on us truly understanding the needs of people using them, and responding to those needs. Rich Pereira explains how we engage with our users to do this.

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