In the 2021 financial year, close to one quarter of young females aged 16-34 living in Australia had experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime. Overall, females were more likely to have experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime than males.
Share of population who have experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime in Australia as of financial year 2021, by age and sex
Self-harm refers to a person intentionally causing pain or damage to their own body. This behaviour may be motivated as a way of expressing or controlling distressing feelings or thoughts. Self-harm and suicide are distinct and separate acts although some people who self-harm are at an increased risk of suicide.
A person may have had more than one mental disorder.
Study included all usual residents in Australia living in private dwellings in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, except very remote parts of Australia and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The exclusion of residents in special dwellings (e.g., hotels, boarding houses, and institutions) and homeless people means the results are likely to underestimate the prevalence of mental health disorders in the Australian population.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (July 22, 2022). Share of population who have experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime in Australia as of financial year 2021, by age and sex [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322043/australia-share-of-population-self-harm-behaviors-during-lifetime-by-age-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of population who have experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime in Australia as of financial year 2021, by age and sex." Chart. July 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322043/australia-share-of-population-self-harm-behaviors-during-lifetime-by-age-and-sex/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Share of population who have experienced self-harm behaviors during their lifetime in Australia as of financial year 2021, by age and sex. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322043/australia-share-of-population-self-harm-behaviors-during-lifetime-by-age-and-sex/
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