Table 1.

Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with and without a history of previous self-harm

	Previous self-harm (n = 61)	No previous self- harm (n = 637)	Total (n = 698)
Peradeniya (n, %)	25 (41.0)	206 (32.3)	231 (33.0)
Polonnaruwa (n, %)	36 (59)	431 (67.7)	467 (67.0)
Median age (IQR)	29 (IQR 20–36)	23 (IQR 18–34)	24 (IQR 19–35)
Male (n, %)	37 (60.6)	309 (48.5)	346 (49.5)
Female (n, %)	24 (39.4)	328 (51.5)	352 (50.5)
Ingesting pesticides (n, %)	28 (45.9)	285 (44.7)	313 (44.8)
Deaths (n, %)	4 (6.6)	39 (6.1)	43 (6.1)