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Table 4 Characteristics of individuals presenting following self-harm at St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College Hospital in 2011 identified or missed by EHR dataseta

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

 

EHR

Missing

Total

1442

 

326

 

Sex

    
 

Missing

1

(0.07 %)

8

(2.5 %)

 

Female

847

(59 %)

171

(54 %)

 

Male

594

(41 %)

147

(46 %)

 

Total

1441

 

318

 

Age

    
 

Missing

1

(0.07 %)

8

(2.5 %)

 

<20

225

(16 %)

63

(20 %)

 

20-24

279

(19 %)

44

(14 %)

 

25-29

177

(12 %)

31

(10 %)

 

30-34

170

(12 %)

41

(13 %)

 

35-39

142

(10 %)

37

(12 %)

 

40-44

159

(11 %)

32

(10 %)

 

45-54

183

(13 %)

46

(14 %)

 

55+

106

(7 %)

24

(8 %)

 

Total

1441

 

318

 

Ethnicity

    
 

Missing

43

(3.0 %)

27

(8.3 %)

 

White

939

(67 %)

217

(73 %)

 

Black

253

(18 %)

45

(15 %)

 

Other

207

(15 %)

37

(12 %)

 

Total

1399

 

299

 

Marital status

    
 

Missing

35

(2.4 %)

27

(8.3 %)

 

Divorced/separated

126

(9 %)

25

(8 %)

 

Married/cohabiting

215

(15 %)

43

(14 %)

 

Single

1,043

(74 %)

225

(75 %)

 

Widowed

23

(2 %)

6

(2 %)

 

Total

1,407

 

299

 
  1. aComparing available data, no significant difference was found between those individuals identified and those missed for sex (p = 0.10), age (p = 0.16), ethnicity (p = 0.19) or marital status (p = 0.93)
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