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Risk of suicide and mortality<\/h1>\n

People who attend hospital following self-harm are much more likely to go on to die by suicide compared to people in the general population.<\/p>\n

Based on Manchester self-harm data alone, previous research found that people who attended the emergency department for self-harm were 20 times more likely to die by suicide (Cooper et al, 2005).<\/p>\n

National estimates are even higher, with people who attend hospital for self-harm being nearly 50 times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general population (Hawton et al, 2015).<\/p>\n

Self-harm and mortality<\/h3>\n

Around half of all people who die by suicide have a history of self-harm. But along with death by suicide, people who self-harm also have an increased risk of dying early from other causes, including natural causes.<\/p>\n

The chart below shows life expectancy (with year on the x-axis, life expectancy in 10-year intervals on the y-axis) in men who self-harm compared to men in the general population.<\/p>\n

The darker, shorter part of the columns indicate life expectancy for men who self-harm, while the remaining lighter colour part of each columns represents additional life expectancy for men in the general population<\/p>\n

The reduction in life expectancy is around 30-40 years. (Bergen et al, 2012)<\/p>\n

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Manchester Self-Harm Project
Room 2.316, Jean McFarlane Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL, UK<\/p>\n

Tel: +44 (0)161 275 0719<\/a>
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