Table 2 Self-harm presentations by method
From: Risk of repeated self-harm and associated factors in children, adolescents and young adults
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven/More | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drug overdose only (N) | 14,296 | 4053 | 1815 | 1068 | 628 | 527 | 2297 | 24,684 |
% | 62.9 | 58.7 | 53.3 | 52.3 | 48.3 | 48.8 | 44.5 | 57.9 |
Self-cutting only (N) | 4070 | 1391 | 756 | 491 | 315 | 295 | 1607 | 8925 |
% | 17.9 | 20.1 | 22.2 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 27.3 | 31.1 | 20.9 |
Overdose & self-cutting (N) | 1033 | 421 | 220 | 149 | 103 | 75 | 414 | 2415 |
% | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8 | 5.7 |
Attempted hanging only (N) | 993 | 307 | 170 | 88 | 66 | 49 | 189 | 1862 |
% | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
Attempted drowning only (N) | 371 | 122 | 81 | 52 | 20 | 26 | 87 | 759 |
% | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Other (N) | 1981 | 612 | 363 | 196 | 168 | 108 | 569 | 3997 |
% | 8.7 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 9.4 |
Total (N) | 22,744 | 6906 | 3405 | 2044 | 1300 | 1080 | 5163 | 42,642 |