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Epidemiology of Nonfatal Deliberate Self‐Harm in the United States as Described in Three Medical Databases
Author(s) -
Claassen Cynthia A.,
Trivedi Madhukar H.,
Shimizu Iris,
Stewart Sunita,
Larkin Gregory Luke,
Litovitz Toby
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.192
Subject(s) - harm , epidemiology , medicine , database , psychology , computer science , social psychology , pathology
The absence of validated U.S. rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior places risk management and injury prevention programs at danger of being poorly informed and inadequately conceptualized. In this study we compare estimated rates of intentional self‐harm from two ongoing surveys (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System‐All Injury Program‐NEISS‐AIP; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey‐NHAMCS) to data from the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. Results suggest that, for every 2002–2003 suicide, there were 12 (NEISS‐AIP) or 15 (NHAMCS) self‐harm–related emergency department visits, and for every intentional self‐poisoning death there were 33 intentional overdoses reported to poison control centers, of which two ultimately went untreated.