There is ample evidence of systematic inequalities
in suicide risk associated with different indicators
of social position, including labour market status,
occupational social class, education, income,
housing tenure, and labour market position, at the
individual level; and socio-economic deprivation at
aggregate level. However, there has been a “near
universal failure to consider equality issues in both
academic reviews of approaches to suicide
prevention and the formulation of national suicide
prevention strategies” (Platt, 2011, p. 211). This is
despite the recognition by governments of the
importance of addressing health inequalities.