Self-Harm Events and Suicide Deaths Among Autistic Individuals in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Reasons for elevated suicide risks among autistic people are unclear, with insufficient population-based research on sex-specific patterns to inform tailored prevention and intervention.

Objectives

To examine sex-stratified rates of self-harm events and suicide death among autistic individuals compared with nonautistic individuals, as well as the associated sociodemographic and clinical risk factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based matched-cohort study using linked health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada included all individuals with physician-recorded autism diagnoses from April 1, 1988, to March 31, 2018, each matched on age and sex to 4 nonautistic individuals from the general population. Self-harm events resulting in e

SUBMITTER: Lai MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410481 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature