Intentional self-harm hospitalisations by age and sex, Australia, 2008–09 to 2019–20.
The bar chart shows the age-specific rates of intentional self-harm hospitalisations for males and females for specific age groups and all ages combined in 2019–20. Users can also view age-specific rate, numbers and the proportion of hospitalisations for intentional self-harm by sex for each age group and year from 2008–09 to 2019–20. In 2019–20, females had higher rates of hospitalisation for intentional self-harm than males up to age 75-79. The highest rates for females were in the 15–19 yesrs age group (552.2 hospitalisations per 100,000 population) and the 20–24 years age group for males (168.0).