16-18 year old Australian teenagers have a significantly higher self-harm hospitalization rate than adults.
Australian teenagers are 3.4 times more likely to be hospitalized for self-harm than adults, with 6,612 children and adolescents aged 0-18 hospitalized due to self-harm in a 12-month period. Females account for 82.8% of self-harm hospitalizations among this group, and over 95% of hospitalized children and teenagers were aged 16-18. The hospitalization rate due to self-harm among the 16-18 age group is 340.7 per 100,000 people, significantly higher than the 99.4 per 100,000 people among adults.
April 18, 2024
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