Disability the 'stark' face of England and Wales suicide statistics

Disability the 'stark' face of England and Wales suicide statistics A leading disability rights charity has described new suicide statistics as the "tragic face of systemic inequality".

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested disabled people had the highest rate of dying by suicide compared to other groups.

It found 48 disabled men per 100,000 people and 19 disabled women ended their lives, compared to 16 non-disabled men and five women.

Fazilet Hadi from Disability Rights UK (DRUK) described it as "stark". BBC News