Definition: Number of hospital discharges for non-fatal self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 children and youth ages 5-20 (e.g., in 2015, there were 36.5 hospitalizations for self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 California children and youth).
Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, EpiCenter (Feb. 2020); California Dept. of Finance, Population Estimates and Projections (Jan. 2020); CDC, WISQARS (May 2020).
Footnote: Data are based on the number of hospitalizations, not the number of children hospitalized. Data are limited to hospital admissions; emergency room visits that do not result in admission are excluded. County-level data reflect the patient's county of residence, not the county in which the hospitalization occurred. The most common types of non-fatal self-inflicted injuries are related to poisoning and cutting or piercing. Due to coding changes in mid-2015, data for 2015 may not be comparable with data from earlier years. The notation S refers to rates that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 20 discharges for self-inflicted injuries. N/A means that data are not available.
