Of the 356 people who died by suspected suicide, 96 (27%) were known to mental health services, 152 (43%) were not known to mental health services, and for 108 (30%) it was unknown whether they were known to mental health services (figure 9), so it is possible that this figure is underestimated.
Not all people who were known to mental health services had a known mental illness. Of the 168 people who died by suspected suicide where these was an associated factor of mental illness, 71 (42%) were known to mental health services, 47 (28%) were not known to mental health services and for 50 (30%) it was unknown whether they were known to mental health services (not shown on chart).
From these data you cannot conclude what is meant by ‘known to mental health services’. There is not yet enough information to determine how people were known to services.
Figure 9. Deaths by suspected suicide, by whether known to mental health services, all persons, all ages, count, Welsh residents, 2022/23
Produced by Public Health Wales Observatory, using RTSSS data