Self-harm
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, aged over 18 received hospital treatment for self-harm in each year since 2010.
The following table shows the count of finished episodes with a cause of self-harm in males and females over the age of 18 in the years from 2010 to 2013:
Count of finished admission episodeswith a cause code of self-harm and a count of accident and emergency attendances (excluding planned attendances) with a patient group of deliberate self-harm for (1) females 18 and over, and (2) males 18 and over for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector | |||||
Year | Accident and emergency attendances | Finished admission episodes | |||
Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
2010-11 | 45,270 | 52,022 | 41,974 | 55,315 | |
2011-12 | 49,022 | 55,516 | 42,683 | 55,376 | |
2012-13 | 45,988 | 51,128 | 40,542 | 51,692 | |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre | |||||