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Centre for Suicide Research | Statistics |

 

Deliberate Self-Harm Statistics

OXFORD MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

The Monitoring System, established in 1976, collects information on all cases of deliberate self-harm referred to the general hospital in Oxford (John Radcliffe).

PDF of latest Annual Report

To view charts from the latest Annual Report please use the drop down list below:

Data collected by Oxford Monitoring System for Attempted Suicide Substances used for self-poisoning 1976-2007 Age groups of DSH patients by gender in 2007 Episodes of DSH referred to the John Radcliffe Hospital 1976-2007 Employment status of assessed DSH patients in 2007 Oxford City DSH rates 1976-2007 Male DSH rates by age group, Oxford City 1976-2007 Female DSH rates by age group, Oxford City, 1976-2007

 

Suicide Statistics

 

INTERNATIONAL

• World Health Organization
• Country reports and charts
• Suicide rates worldwide (most recent available, by country)

AUSTRALIA

• Links to statistics from Australian national suicide prevention website LIFE
• Youth suicide in Australia
• Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention (Notes on interpreting suicide statistics, and statistics on suicide in Western Australia)

CANADA

• Canada Statistics Agency

IRELAND

• Irish Association of Suicidology

NEW ZEALAND

• New Zealand Health Information Service

UK

• Mind
  (Useful factsheet of suicide statistics)
• Samaritans
  (UK & Ireland)
• Office for National Statistics
• Mortality statistics Injury and Poisoning Series DH4 can be downloaded as pdf or datafiles.
• Mortality statistics (Cause) Series DH2 can be downloaded as pdf or datafiles. Includes deaths from all causes by age group and gender. See Table 2.19, ICD-10 codes X60-X84 (suicide - 'Intentional self harm') and Y10-Y34 (open verdicts - 'Event of undetermined intent').
• Suicide rates in the UK by age groups and sex,1991-2006, and geographical rates 1991-2004
• Death rates from suicide by gender & age, 1974-2000
• Graph of male suicide rates by age group, 1968-2007
• Graph of female suicide rates by age group, 1968-2007

USA

• American Association of Suicidology
• Suicide fact sheets
• 1999 - 2004 suicide statistics
• Centers for Disease Control

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