Standing view · health · Northumberland
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
The suicide rate in Northumberland rose to 14.89 per 100,000 residents over the three years to 2023. That is the only health figure published for the county here, pooled over three years because annual counts at this level are too small to publish on their own. With one reading and no second measure, this is a single unfavourable figure rather than evidence of a direction, and it cannot show whether the rate has continued to rise.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Northumberland. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2021 - 23 | deteriorating |