The figures show that 8.9 per cent of young people aged 16 to 24 said that they had ever self-harmed in 2007, compared to 5.3 per cent in 2000. The rise was particularly marked among young women, with 6.5 per cent of women aged 16 to 24 reporting self-harm in 2000 compared with 11.7 per cent in 2007.
More than 20 per cent of young people also said they thought about suicide, and 1.7 per cent made an suicide attempt.
The statistics come from a household survey on Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England, undertaken in 2007. The results were published this week.
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