A new report has found striking differences in the rates of poorer people being admitted to hospital due to self-harm
HOSPITAL admissions due to self-harm are three-and-a-half times more likely in poorer areas of the north, new research has found.
Prescription rates for "mood and anxiety" medication have also increased across all parts of the north but were two-thirds more prevalent in the most deprived areas.
The annual report on health inequalities in Northern Ireland was published yesterday by the Department of Health and gave an overview of the main differences in outcomes depending on postcode between 2015 and 2017.
Authors noted that "alcohol and drug-related indicators" accounted for the most striking differences between rich and poor, with drink-related deaths in socio-economically deprived areas four-and-a-half times higher.
People living in Belfast had worse outcomes than the Northern Ireland average in relation to deaths linked to drugs, alcohol-related admissions to hospital and teenage pregnancies.
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