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Review
. 2005 Apr 16;330(7496):891-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.891.

Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people

Keith Hawton  1 , Anthony James
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Review

Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people

Keith Hawton et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Suicide and undetermined deaths in England and Wales in 15-19 year olds and 20-24 year olds between 1968 and 2000. Data source: Office for National Statistics. Twentieth century mortality: 100 years of mortality data in England and Wales by age, sex, year and underlying cause. CD Rom. London: ONS, 2003.
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Figure 3
Figure 3
Self poisoning is the second most common method (after self cutting) for deliberate self harm by adolescents
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