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Wed 09 Sep 20088,600 people in hospital over self-harm in 2007
A TOTAL of 8,600 people presented to hospital last year in 11,100 incidences of deliberate self-harm, according to the annual report of the National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm.
The figures represent a 2 per cent increase on 2006 when 8,200 people made 10,700 presentations to hospital.
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