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​According to : https://www.samaritans.org

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• 5219 suicides were registered in 2021*. This is 307 more than in 2020.

• The overall suicide rate was 10.5 per 100,000**, compared to 10.0 per 100,000** in 2020, and 10.8 per 100,000** in 2019.

• The male suicide rate was 15.8 per 100,000**, compared to a female suicide rate of 5.5 per 100,000**.

• Males aged 50-54 were found to have the highest suicide rate (22.5 per 100,000).

• There is regional variation in the suicide rates. The North East of England once again had the highest suicide rate (14.1. per 100,000**), with the North West of England seeing a significant increase in suicide rate in 2021 (12.9 per 100,000**), compared to 2020 (10.1 per 100,000**).

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Through the art of stop motion in a short film format, Cause and Effect; explores the mind of the protagonist following a personal tragedy. As he contemplates suicide he is given a glimpse of what the world would be like without him for the people he would leave behind.

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