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Suicide rates in Lanarkshire expected to be up by a third for 2019 as health officials prepare figures

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Health officials are expecting suicide rates to be up to a third higher in 2019 when official figures are published.Analysis of so-called “soft data” by suicide prevention teams in South Lanarkshire has revealed a 36 per cent increase in people taking their own lives last year.Across Lanarkshire, there were 98 deaths classed as suicides in 2018, up from 73 in 2017.That figure includes deaths from intentional self-harm and ones where the intent was undetermined.Of those 98, there were 58 people living in North Lanarkshire and 40 living in South Lanarkshire - up from 40 and 33 respectively.Jennifer Hutton and Susan McMorrin from NHS Lanarkshire, said the “soft data” gathered in cooperation with Police Scotland gave them an idea of what the

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