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8,600 people in hospital over self-harm in 2007

A total of 8,600 people presented to hospital last year in 11,100 incidences of deliberate self-harm, according to the annual report of the National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm.

The figures represent a 2 per cent increase on 2006 when 8,200 people made 10,700 presentations to hospital.

Meanwhile, one in every 165 Irish adolescent girls was treated in hospital last year and the year before as a result of deliberate self-harm, according to statistics published today by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF), contained in the report.

Published on World Suicide Prevention Day, the national registry report shows almost half of all self-harm presentations (46-47 per cent) were by people under 30, and 88 per cent were by people aged under 50.

Prof Ivan Perry, director of the registry and head of the department of epidemiology and public health at UCC, said the annual report continued to provide a rich source of data on appropriate and early interventions that should be planned.

Michelle Mc Donagh, irish times

Full story at-http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0910/1220919677967.html

© 2008 The Irish Times

 
 

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