Never really thought about it. I don't know more UK males who have self-harmed than UK females. Still, overall rates vary by country, and the gender ratio might do so too.
Wikipedia has a section on the frequency of self-harm around the world (obviously a challenging thing to measure accurately):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm#Epidemiology
And about gender:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm#Gender_differences
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Never really thought about it. I don't know more UK males who have self-harmed than UK females. Still, overall rates vary by country, and the gender ratio might do so too.
Wikipedia has a section on the frequency of self-harm around the world (obviously a challenging thing to measure accurately):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm#Epidemiology
And about gender:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm#Gender_differences