Number and characteristics of patients index episodes of ED SH attendances in 2014 and 2015 periods
| January– March 2014 (n=298) | January– March 2015 (n=318) | |
| Attendances by hour of day n (%) | ||
| Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00 | 70 (21) | 75 (24) |
| Other | 228 (79) | 242 (76) |
| Female n (%) | 166 (57) | 201 (63) |
| Age on years mean (SD) | 34 (14) | 35 (15) |
| Marital status n (%) | ||
| Single | 220 (74) | 253 (80) |
| Married | 30 (10) | 32 (10) |
| Other | 38 (13) | 26 (8) |
| Unknown | 10 (3) | 7 (2) |
| Occupational status n (%) | ||
| Employed | 56 (19) | 56 (18) |
| Unemployed | 171 (57) | 147 (46) |
| Other | 55 (17) | 80(25) |
| Unknown | 14 (5) | 35 (11) |
| Type of self-harm n (%) | ||
| Self-poisoning | 214 (72) | 227 (71) |
| Self-injury | 47 (16) | 53 (17) |
| Both | 21 (7.0) | 23 (7.2) |
| Other/unknown | 16 (5.3) | 15 (4.7) |
| Previous self-harm n (%) | ||
| Yes | 215 (72) | 364 (83) |
| No | 54 (18) | 46 (15) |
| Unknown | 29 (9.7) | 8 (2.5) |
| Previous inpatient psych treatment n (%) | ||
| Yes | 79 (75) | 71 (73) |
| No | 22 (21) | 25 (26) |
| Unknown | 4 (3.8) | 1 (1.0) |
| Number of people presenting | 298 | 318 |
| Repeat episodes within January/February/March | 75 | 63 |
| Repeat episodes in April/May/June within 90 days from index episode | 30 | 34 |
| Total episodes | 403 | 415 |
| Number of self-harm episodes per patient (<90 days) | ||
| 1 | 250 | 265 |
| 2 | 36 | 34 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
| >4 | 5 | 6 |
| Max | 19 (n=1) | 9 (n=1) |
ED SH, emergency department self-harm.