Table 1.

Distribution (%) of the study variable categories among cases with hospital-treated deliberate self-harm and matched controls, for all subjects and males and females separately

	All subjects		Females		Males
	(N = 234,888)		(N = 132,562)		(N = 102,326)
	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
Variable	(12,526)	(222,362)	(7097)	(125,465)	(5429)	(96,897)
Bereavement status
No exposure to parental DBEC	12,239 (97.7)	220,284 (99.1)	6931 (97.7)	124,330 (99.1)	5308 (97.8)	95,954 (99.0)
Exposure to parental DBEC	287 (2.3)	2078 (0.9)	166 2.3)	1135 (0.9)	121 (2.2)	943 (1.0)
Cause of death
No exposure to parental DBEC	12,239 (97.7)	220,284 (99.1)	6931 (97.7)	124,330 (99.1)	5308 (97.8)	95,954 (99.0)
Suicide	148 (1.2)	871 (0.4)	88 (1.2)	468 (0.4)	60 (1.1)	403 (0.4)
Transport accidents	54 (0.4)	592 (0.3)	24 (0.3)	327 (0.3)	30 (0.6)	265 (0.3)
Other accidents	76 (0.6)	517 (0.2)	47 (0.7)	299 (0.2)	29 (0.5)	218 (0.2)
Other external causes	9 (0.1)	98 (0.05)	7 (0.1)	41 (0.03)	2 (0.04)	57 (0.1)
Gender of deceased
No exposure to parental DBEC	12,239 (97.7)	220,284 (99.1)	6931 (97.7)	124,330 (99.1)	5308 (97.8)	95,954 (99.0)
Father	216 (1.7)	1637 (0.7)	121 (1.7)	898 (0.7)	95 (1.7)	739 (0.8)
Mother	63 (0.5)	412 (0.2)	39 (0.5)	215 (0.2)	24 (0.4)	197 (0.2)
Both parents	8 (0.1)	29 (0.01)	6 (0.1)	22 (0.02)	2 (0.04)	7 (0.01)
Age at bereavement
No exposure to parental DBEC	12,239 (97.7)	220,284 (99.1)	6931 (97.7)	124,330 (99.1)	5308 (97.8)	95,954 (99.0)
≤ 4 years	67 (0.5)	509 (0.2)	32 (0.5)	279 (0.2)	35 (0.6)	230 (0.2)
5–9 years	74 (0.6)	544 (0.2)	47 (0.7)	292 (0.2)	27 (0.5)	252 (0.3)
10–14 years	83 (0.7)	627 (0.3)	53 (0.7)	349 (0.3)	30 (0.6)	278 (0.3)
15–18 years	63 (0.5)	398 (0.2)	34 (0.5)	215 (0.2)	29 (0.5)	183 (0.2)

Data are given as number (percentage) of each group. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding

DBEC death by external causes