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Table 4 Substance-related self-harm by substance type and age group

From: Sentinel surveillance of substance-related self-harm in Canadian emergency departments, 2011 − 19

Age Group (years)

Total

Substance Type

  

Alcohol

Cannabis

Illicit drugs

Medications

Unknown

Multi-category

Total

1547 (100)

170 (11)

26 (1.7)

81 (5.2)

851 (55)

112 (7.2)

307 (19.8)

10-19

1018 (65.8)

61 (35.9)

24 (92.3)

21 (25.9)

695 (81.7)

102 (91.1)

115 (37.5)

10-14

321 (20.7)

20 (11.8)

246 (29.9)

30 (26.8)

19 (6.2)

15-19

697 (45.1)

41 (24.1)

21 (80.8)

18 (22.2)

449 (52.8)

72 (64.3)

96 (31.3)

20+

529 (34.2)

109 (64.1)

60 (74.1)

156 (18.3)

10 (8.9)

192 (62.5)

20-29

179 (11.6)

31 (18.2)

20 (24.7)

55 (6.5)

6 (5.4)

66 (21.5)

30-39

116 (7.5)

25 (14.7)

22 (27.2)

23 (2.7)

44 (14.3)

40-49

95 (6.1)

20 (11.8)

0

7 (8.6)

30 (3.5)

0

38 (12.4)

50-64

117 (7.6)

24 (14.1)

0

11 (13.6)

41 (4.8)

39 (12.7)

65+

22 (1.4)

9 (5.3)

0

7 (0.8)

5 (1.6)

  1. - suppressed due to small cell count