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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
George Lythgoe

Greater Manchester borough marred by tragedy as over 100 people die by suicide in last three years

Over one hundred people have died by suicide in Wigan in the last three years - with the reason puzzling local health bosses.

The borough's suicide rate is higher than the national average with a rate of 12 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in the past three years. The rate is two deaths higher per 100,000 than the national average.

Between 2019 and the end of 2021, a total of 106 took their own life, with 16,498 deaths in the UK coming by way of suicide in the same time period.

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