For men, the figure for Disabled men was over three times higher – 48.36 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people compared to 15.88 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people for non-disabled men.
For women, the figure for Disabled women was over four times higher – 18.94 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people compared to 4.47 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people for non-disabled women.
Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK said: “The disproportionately high suicide rate amongst Disabled people is truly shocking. It is yet more evidence that Disabled people are the hardest hit by cuts in public services, reducing incomes and rising costs. We face inadequate health and social care services, punitive benefit processes, low levels of benefits and wages and the huge impact of the cost of living crisis. Energy, food, housing and care costs are spiralling out of control, leaving us cold, hungry, in debt and feeling abandoned.”
Source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/...