Suicide rates are THREE times lower in young people who go to university, official data suggests

Suicide rates are THREE times lower in young people who go to university, official data suggests oung people who go to university are almost three times less likely to commit suicide than those who don't, official data suggests. 

An Office of National Statistics (ONS) report looked at the rates in the general population compared to people in higher education, which also included college.

It found that, between 2017 and 2020, suicides among under-25s in England and Wales were 2.7 times lower in people studying compared to those who were not. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Estimating suicide among higher education students, England and Wales Office for National Statistics