Insights into self-harm and suicide rates

By Deborah Devis
Updated November 11 2021 - 12:02pm, first published 12:00pm
  • This article contains information some readers may find distressing as it refers to data about suicide and self-harm, child abuse and neglect, and family and domestic violence. For mental health support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 and Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Around 75 per cent of the total burden of suicide and self-harm in 2019 occurred in males aged 25 to 35. Picture: Shutterstock.
Around 75 per cent of the total burden of suicide and self-harm in 2019 occurred in males aged 25 to 35. Picture: Shutterstock.

Australians collectively lost over 145,000 years of healthy life in 2019 due to suicide and self-harm, half of which was associated with child abuse and neglect, alcohol use, illicit drug use or intimate partner violence, a new report estimates.

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