Suicide rates for higher education students have been revealed for the first time. The Office of National Statistics figures show 95 recorded university student suicides for the 12 months to July 2017 in England and Wales.
This is lower than for the general population of similar ages, but does not include suicides among students at further education colleges.
Since the 1950s there has been limited data on student suicides.
A report published last autumn showed the numbers of students disclosing mental health problems had increased fivefold in a decade.
Up until now detail on things like age clusters, people's undergraduate or postgraduate status, or comparison with similar-age people who did not enter higher education, has not been available.
There were more than 2m students study at a university in England or Wales in the 12 months up to July 2017, meaning the suicide rate was 4.7 deaths per 100,000 students.
Suicide rates were higher among young men than young women.
