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It is estimated that one out of every 200 teen girls between the ages of 13 and 19 regularly practice self-abusive behavior with a reported 2 million cases in the US alone. Although generally practiced by teen girls, it does affect at least 11 thousand boys a year as well.

Types of self-injurious behavior reported were as follows:

* Cutting: 72%
* Burning: 35%
* Self-hitting: 30%
* Interference w/wound healing: 22%
* Hair pulling: 10%
* Bone breaking: 8%
* Multiple methods: 78% (included in above)

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