This report provides a summary of data collected by the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland (NSHRI) for the period January to June 2019. 

In the first six months of 2019, the NSHRI recorded 6,252 presentations to hospital as a result of self-harm. This is 2% higher than the number recorded for the same period of 2018 (n = 6,124). More than half of the presentations were made by females (n = 3,507; 56%). Approximately half (n = 3,215; 51%) of presentations were by persons under 30 years of age. In total, 5,142 individuals were treated following self-harm. Thus, 1,110 (18%) of the presentations recorded were due to repetition. Drug overdose was the most common method of self-harm, involved in 62% of cases (n = 3,857). Alcohol was involved in 31% of presentations (28% for females and 34% for males). Self-cutting was the only other common method, involved in 30% of cases (n = 1,885). These findings are similar to the equivalent figures for the same period of 2018.