Table 4.
Characteristics of individuals presenting following self-harm at St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College Hospital in 2011 identified or missed by EHR dataseta
| EHR | Missing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1442 | 326 | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Missing | 1 | (0.07 %) | 8 | (2.5 %) | |
| Female | 847 | (59 %) | 171 | (54 %) | |
| Male | 594 | (41 %) | 147 | (46 %) | |
| Total | 1441 | 318 | |||
| Age | |||||
| Missing | 1 | (0.07 %) | 8 | (2.5 %) | |
| <20 | 225 | (16 %) | 63 | (20 %) | |
| 20-24 | 279 | (19 %) | 44 | (14 %) | |
| 25-29 | 177 | (12 %) | 31 | (10 %) | |
| 30-34 | 170 | (12 %) | 41 | (13 %) | |
| 35-39 | 142 | (10 %) | 37 | (12 %) | |
| 40-44 | 159 | (11 %) | 32 | (10 %) | |
| 45-54 | 183 | (13 %) | 46 | (14 %) | |
| 55+ | 106 | (7 %) | 24 | (8 %) | |
| Total | 1441 | 318 | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Missing | 43 | (3.0 %) | 27 | (8.3 %) | |
| White | 939 | (67 %) | 217 | (73 %) | |
| Black | 253 | (18 %) | 45 | (15 %) | |
| Other | 207 | (15 %) | 37 | (12 %) | |
| Total | 1399 | 299 | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Missing | 35 | (2.4 %) | 27 | (8.3 %) | |
| Divorced/separated | 126 | (9 %) | 25 | (8 %) | |
| Married/cohabiting | 215 | (15 %) | 43 | (14 %) | |
| Single | 1,043 | (74 %) | 225 | (75 %) | |
| Widowed | 23 | (2 %) | 6 | (2 %) | |
| Total | 1,407 | 299 | |||
aComparing available data, no significant difference was found between those individuals identified and those missed for sex (p = 0.10), age (p = 0.16), ethnicity (p = 0.19) or marital status (p = 0.93)