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Table 3 Deprivation adjusted incidence rate ratios for self-harm between first and final year of study’s observation period by age group and by gender

From: Temporal trends in annual incidence rates for psychiatric disorders and self-harm among children and adolescents in the UK, 2003–2018

 

Aged 10–12

Aged 13–16

Aged 17–19

2003

2018

2003

2018

2003

2018

Female

 Cases, n

81

413

817

1934

475

952

 Incidence rate

7

30

58

117

50

87

 Incidence rate ratio

4.2

1.9

1.8

 (95% CI)

(3.3, 5.3)

(1.7, 2.2)

(1.6, 2.0)

Male

 Cases, n

48

133

193

569

276

496

 Incidence rate

4

9

11

33

24

39

 Incidence rate ratio

2.5

2.9

1.7

 (95% CI)

(1.8, 3.6)

(2.4, 3.4)

(1.4, 1.9)

  1. Incidence rates are per 10,000 person years and were directly standardised for Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile. Incidence rates are rounded to closest interger