It seems people in Ealing are becoming a little more content.

Suicides are beginning to drop considerably, and are now in line with the national average.

As part of a Health Authority study into suicides and other unexpected deaths, it was found there were 205 suicides across Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow between 1995 and 1998. Two thirds of these were among people under 44, and the majority (141) were men.

The study, which has now completed it's second phase, also found that 65 per cent of suicides were among people who were not, or were no longer married.

No ethnic group seemed at greater risk of suicide, and just 20 per cent of the deaths were among people with no psychiatric diagnosis.

The suicide rate in Ealing is dropping and coming closer to the national average.

As part of a Health Authority study into suicides and other unexpected deaths, it was found there were 205 suicides across Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow between 1995 and 1998. Two thirds of these were among people under 44, and the majority (141) were men.

The study, which has now completed its second phase, also found that 65 per cent of suicides were among people who had never been, or were no longer married.

No ethnic group seemed at greater risk of suicide.