Suicidal Behavior in Île-de-France. 2024 Report.

Published on 10 October 2025

Key Points

In 2024 in Île-de-France, the prevalence of suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months among 18- to 79-year-olds was estimated at 5.0%. It was 4.6% for reported suicide attempts over a lifetime and 0.3% for reported suicide attempts in the past 12 months.

In 2024, 9,863 emergency department visits for self-harm were recorded, representing 2.6‰ of all visits, stable compared to 2023 (+2%).
Women accounted for 68% of emergency department visits for self-harm. Young women aged 11–24 continued to represent the majority of women treated in the emergency department for self-harm.
Emergency department activity for self-harm increased between 2023 and 2024 among youth aged 11–17 of all genders.

In 2024, 10,269 hospitalizations for self-harm were recorded, representing a standardized rate of 80 hospitalizations per 100,000 inhabitants, an increase compared to 2023 (+11%).
Young women aged 11–24 continued to have the highest hospitalization rate for self-harm in 2024, particularly among adolescent girls aged 11–17, with 477 hospitalizations per 100,000 inhabitants.
Among girls aged 11–17, hospitalizations increased between 2023 and 2024. An increase was observed across all age groups among men, except for those aged 65 and older.
Drug overdose was at least one of the methods used in 71.6% of hospital stays and was the most common method regardless of gender.

In 2023, 928 deaths by suicide were recorded, corresponding to a standardized rate of 8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, stable compared to 2022 (-1%).
Men aged 45 and older continued to have the highest suicide death rates in 2023, with a death rate of 16 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants among those aged 45–64 and 22 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants among those aged 65 and older.
The most frequently recorded method of suicide on death certificates was hanging (42.8%), regardless of gender.

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