The survey was conducted in 2002 by the Oxford University's Centre for Suicide Research on behalf of the Samaritans. It asked 6,020 15 to 16-year-olds in 41 schools in Birmingham, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire to fill out a questionnaire under exam conditions. Ten per cent of respondents were found to have self-harmed at least once in the past year and seven per cent the year before. In addition, it was found that self-harm was more common in those from white or mixed-race backgrounds and the favoured method was cutting, followed by overdose. It also revealed that self-harmers often had friends who did the same.
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