Even after accounting for sociodemographic factors, intellectual disabilities, and psychiatric diagnoses, autism is associated with an 83% increased risk of selfharm among females and a 47% increased risk among males.
is associated with an 83% increased risk of self-harm among females and a 47% increased risk among males.
The self-harm cohort included 379,630 individuals while the suicide cohort included 334,690 individuals.Over 15 years, autistic females showed the highest cumulative self-harm events, followed by autistic males, nonautistic females, and nonautistic males; over 25 years, autistic males had the highest cumulative incidence of suicide death, followed by autistic females, nonautistic males, and nonautistic females.
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