Understanding Variations in Self-Harm Rates Between Deprived Areas in London

This study aims to: 1. Calculate and compare age and sex standardised rates of attendance at A&E for episodes of self-harm & overall A&E attendance rates at LSOA level. 2. Test whether the ethnicity and marital status of those presenting explains differences in rates of presentation. 3. Test the relationship between Index of Multiple Deprivation and self-harm and identify clusters of deprived LSOAs with high and low rates. 4. Produce descriptive statistics on additional characteristics of those presenting with self-harm in two case study areas identified by above analyses. 5. Test hypotheses from literature and case studies regarding area-level factors associated with rates of self-harm and develop a typology of area characteristics.