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Table 1 Attendances with self-harm at all four EDs April 2009-December 2011 by sex and method

From: Using routine clinical and administrative data to produce a dataset of attendances at Emergency Departments following self-harm

 

Male

 

Female

 

Total

 

Total

4064

(38.0 %)

6624

(62.0 %)

10,688

 

Type of self-harm

      
 

Self-poisoning

2867

(70.5 %)

5182

(78.2 %)

8049

(75.3 %)

 

Self-injury

909

(22.4 %)

1130

(17.1 %)

2039

(19.1 %)

 

Mixeda

97

(2.4 %)

176

(2.7 %)

273

(2.6 %)

 

Otherb

190

(4.7 %)

134

(2.0 %)

324

(3.0 %)

 

Unknown

1

(0.0 %)

2

(0.0 %)

3

(0.0 %)

  1. aBoth self-poisoning and self-injury
  2. bIncludes attempted hanging, jumping from a height and immersion in water with intent to drown