How many incidents of self-harm involving people aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 34, (c) 35 to 59 and (d) 60 and over there have been in each …

Data for hospital treated self-harm is collected by Information Services Division (ISD), NHS National Services Scotland. Incidents of intentional self-harm in Scotland are recorded in two main datasets:
1. Acute hospital inpatient/day case discharge records collated by ISD.
2. Death registration records collated by National Records of Scotland (NRS)
Acute hospital inpatient/day case discharge records
ISD does not produce analyses of hospital-treated self-harm incidents because of concerns raised by quality assurance work about the comparability and consistency of the diagnosis data for self-harm between hospitals across Scotland. It is the view of ISD that the data on discharges with a diagnosis of intentional self-harm are not robust enough to answer this question.
Deaths as a result of intentional self-harm
Table 1: Deaths from intentional self-harm registered in Scotland by NHS Board, calendar years 2011 and 2012.
NHS Board
2011
2012
Ayrshire & Arran
32
39
Borders
11
18
Dumfries & Galloway
25
17
Fife
33
30
Forth Valley
17
27
Grampian
52
56
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
146
127
Highland
46
51
Lanarkshire
40
53
Lothian
87
107
Orkney
3
-
Shetland
-
-
Tayside
33
40
Western Isles
-
2
Scotland
525
567
Intentional self-harm deaths are defined using the following International Classification of Disease (ICD10) codes as the main cause of death
- X60-84, Y87.0
Note that these data do not include any deaths coded as being of undetermined intent (i.e. those which may be accidentally or purposely inflicted).
The above information on deaths as a result of intentional self-harm presented by NHS board for calendar years 2012 and 2011 can be found on the NRS website in table 6.3 at the following links: a) 2012:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/ve-ref-tables-2012/ve12-t6-3.xls b) 2011: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/ve-reftables-2011/ve-2011-t6.3.xls
Years are assigned by date of registration of deaths.
2013 figures are not included as they have not been finalised by NRS.
An age breakdown is not provided by NHS board due to small numbers, however the following table shows an age breakdown for Scotland as a whole.
Table 2: Deaths from intentional self-harm, registered in Scotland, by year and age group, calendar years 2011 and 2012.
Age group
2011
2012
Under 18
5
8
18 to 34
163
162
35 to 59
301
309
60 and over
58
90
Total
527
569
Intentional self-harm deaths are defined using the following International Classification of Disease (ICD10) codes as the main cause of death
- X60-84, Y87.0
Note that these data do not include any deaths coded as being of undetermined intent (i.e. those which may be accidentally or purposely inflicted).
Years are assigned by date of registration of deaths.
2013 figures are not included as they have not been finalised by NRS.
Source: ISD Scotland using NRS death registration records.
Ref: IR2014-01156