This article on the BBC website yesterday didn't tell me anything I didn't know.  10,000 a year - and I am one of them.

A reminder that behind every statistic there are real people, with real lives, real dreams, real fears, real friends and real families.  Health, wealth (or lack thereof), employment... not just a number.

Not an erudite post, but a reminder to myself that all the data published points ot someone who says 'that's me'