More than one in every 500 people in Ireland have self-harmed 

The rates for self-harm are highest among younger people. File picture

The latest annual report from the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) has shown that one person in every 476 has had a self-harm episode and that the rates for self-harm are highest among younger people. 

The figures, contained in the organisation's 2019 report but based on data gathered a year earlier, showed there were 12,588 presentations that year, involving 9,785 people.