Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (all ages)

Description

Mental health and well-being is an important aspect of public health. Self-harm is an expression of personal distress. There is a significant and persistent risk of future suicide following an episode of self-harm. This data shows self-harm events severe enough to warrant hospital admission. Almost all hospital admissions for intentional self-harm are emergency admissions. Although hospital admissions data is being used as a proxy for the prevalence of severe self-harm, this is only the tip of the iceberg in relation to the health and well-being burden of self-harm. Directly Age-Standardised Rates (DASR) are shown in the data (where numbers are sufficient) so that rates can be directly compared between areas. The DASR calculation applies Age-specific rates to a Standard European population to cancel out possible effects on crude rates due to different age structures among populations, thus enabling direct comparisons of rates. Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) indicator 2.10ii (21001-C14b). This data is updated annually.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 https://lincolnshire.ckan.io/dataset/94f41a63-bc49-439f-ba5e-d218a6738673/resource/e4c7353b-94e2-4e7c-a51e-7ebb22896072/download/metadata_emergencyhospitaladmissionsselfharm.csv
21 https://lhih.org.uk/
21 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals
21 https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/
8 https://lincolnshire.ckan.io/dataset/94f41a63-bc49-439f-ba5e-d218a6738673/resource/77c97b9a-6212-450b-a47d-9602d8508c02/download/emergencyhospitaladmissionsselfharm.csv

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  • hospital-admissions
  • suicide
  • health
  • self-harm

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