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Table 1 Prevalence of self-harm by sample characteristics (N = 5726)

From: A self-harm series and its relationship with childhood adversity among adolescents in mainland China: a cross-sectional study

Variables

n (%)

Highly lethal self-harm

Less lethal self-harm with visible tissue damage

Self-harm without visible tissue damage

Self-harmful behaviors with latency damage

Psychological self-harm

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

 Female

2878 (50.3)

197 (6.8)

763 (26.5)

972 (33.8)

600 (20.8)

749 (26.0)

 Male

2848 (49.7)

152 (5.3)

405 (14.2)

862 (30.3)

545 (19.1)

567 (19.9)

Age

 12 years

876 (15.3)

28 (3.2)

133 (15.2)

217 (24.8)

91 (10.4)

119 (13.6)

 13 years

919 (16.0)

59 (6.4)

191 (20.8)

297 (32.3)

170 (18.5)

200 (21.8)

 14 years

842 (14.7)

56 (6.7)

180 (21.4)

239 (28.4)

156 (18.5)

165 (19.6)

 15 years

803 (14.0)

56 (7.0)

174 (21.7)

234 (29.1)

170 (21.2)

185 (23.0)

 16 years

892 (15.6)

63 (7.1)

178 (20.0)

302 (33.9)

187 (21.0)

234 (26.2)

 17 years

996 (17.4)

62 (6.2)

226 (22.7)

382 (38.4)

267 (26.8)

295 (29.6)

 18 years

398 (7.0)

25 (6.3)

86 (21.6)

163 (41.0)

104 (26.1)

118 (29.6)

Self-perceived family status

 Bad

800 (14.0)

57 (7.1)

183 (22.9)

304 (38.0)

187 (23.4)

227 (28.4)

 General

4377 (76.4)

256 (5.8)

877 (20.0)

1370 (31.3)

846 (19.3)

967 (22.1)

 Good

549 (9.6)

36 (6.6)

108 (19.7)

160 (29.1)

112 (20.4)

122 (22.2)

Relationship with mother

 Good

4373 (76.4)

227 (5.2)

843 (19.3)

1358 (31.1)

795 (18.2)

927 (21.2)

 Poor

1353 (23.6)

122 (9.0)

325 (24.0)

476 (35.2)

350 (25.9)

389 (28.8)

Relationship with father

 Good

3815 (66.6)

191 (5.0)

700 (18.3)

1135 (29.8)

666 (17.5)

779 (20.4)

 Poor

1911 (33.4)

158 (8.3)

468 (24.5)

699 (36.6)

479 (25.1)

537 (28.1)

Only child

 Yes

2469 (43.1)

113 (4.6)

399 (16.2)

711 (28.8)

435 (17.6)

481 (19.5)

 No

3257 (56.9)

236 (7.2)

769 (23.6)

1123 (34.5)

710 (21.8)

835 (25.6)

Family structure

 Nuclear family

3792 (66.2)

225 (5.9)

765 (20.2)

1190 (31.4)

761 (20.1)

867 (22.9)

 Lager family

1353 (23.6)

91 (6.7)

276 (20.4)

447 (33.0)

256 (18.9)

310 (22.9)

 Single-parent family

469 (8.2)

26 (5.5)

99 (21.1)

152 (32.4)

99 (21.1)

112 (23.9)

 Other

112 (2.0)

7 (6.3)

28 (25.0)

45 (40.2)

29 (25.9)

27 (24.1)

Childhood physical peer victimization

 Yes

4494 (78.5)

213 (4.7)

778 (17.3)

1264 (28.1)

761 (16.9)

879 (19.6)

 No

1232 (21.5)

136 (11.0)

390 (31.7)

570 (46.3)

384 (31.2)

437 (35.5)

Childhood verbal peer victimization

 Yes

3325 (58.1)

152 (4.6)

525 (15.8)

832 (25.0)

522 (15.7)

552 (16.6)

 No

2401 (41.9)

197 (8.2)

643 (26.8)

1002 (41.7)

623 (25.9)

764 (31.8)

Childhood relational peer victimization

 Yes

4143 (72.4)

175 (4.2)

615 (14.8)

1039 (25.1)

578 (14.0)

674 (16.3)

 No

1583 (27.6)

174 (11.0)

553 (34.9)

795 (50.2)

567 (35.8)

642 (40.6)

Physical abuse

 Yes

425 (7.4)

71 (16.7)

155 (36.5)

236 (55.5)

171 (40.2)

205 (48.2)

 No

5301 (92.6)

278 (5.2)

1013 (19.1)

1598 (30.1)

974 (18.4)

1111 (21.0)

Emotional abuse

 Yes

632 (11.0)

112 (17.7)

263 (41.6)

356 (56.3)

257 (40.7)

308 (48.7)

 No

5094 (89.0)

237 (4.7)

905 (17.8)

1478 (29.0)

888 (17.4)

1008 (19.8)

Sexual abuse

 Yes

499 (8.7)

88 (17.6)

206 (41.3)

268 (53.7)

210 (42.1)

220 (44.1)

 No

5227 (91.3)

261 (5.0)

962 (18.4)

1566 (30.0)

935 (17.9)

1096 (21.0)

Physical neglect

 Yes

379 (6.6)

77 (20.3)

166 (43.8)

229 (60.4)

179 (47.2)

198 (52.2)

 No

5347 (93.4)

272 (5.1)

1002 (18.7)

1605 (30.0)

966 (18.1)

1118 (20.9)

Emotional neglect

 Yes

228 (4.0)

63 (27.6)

111 (48.7)

144 (63.2)

116 (50.9)

124 (54.4)

 No

5498 (96.0)

286 (5.2)

1057 (19.2)

1690 (30.7)

1029 (18.7)

1192 (21.7)

Family life stress event scores

 0

2049 (35.8)

95 (4.6)

239 (11.7)

417 (20.4)

258 (12.6)

255 (12.4)

 1–2

2337 (40.8)

144 (6.2)

514 (22.0)

805 (34.4)

484 (20.7)

588 (25.2)

 3–10

1340 (23.4)

110 (8.2)

415 (31.0)

612 (45.7)

403 (30.1)

473 (35.3)

Depression

 Yes

3711 (64.8)

301 (8.1)

891 (24.0)

1341 (36.1)

896 (24.1)

1023 (27.6)

 No

2015 (35.2)

48 (2.4)

277 (13.7)

493 (24.5)

249 (12.4)

293 (14.5)