Mental Illness
(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 21 November 2012, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on death, what the prevalence of adults living in private households in England having at least one psychiatric condition was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
The Answer of 21 November 2012, Official Report, columns 511-2W contains the latest data. The following table shows the estimated prevalence of adults living in private households in England having at least one psychiatric condition1.
Age range | Adults meeting the criteria for, or screening positive for, one or more psychiatric condition 1, 2 |
16-24 | 32.3 |
25-34 | 30.0 |
35-44 | 22.9 |
45-54 | 25.0 |
55-64 | 18.7 |
65-74 | 12.7 |
75+ | 10.5 |
Percentage all | 23.0 |
1 'Psychiatric conditions' include the most common mental disorders (namely anxiety and depressive disorders) as well as: psychotic disorder; antisocial and borderline personality disorders; eating disorder; posttraumatic stress disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; alcohol and drug dependency; and problem behaviours such as problem gambling and suicide attempts. These are defined according to different classification criteria and refer to a variety of different, reference periods, as detailed in the background information provided. Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder was defined following the exclusion of other common mental disorders.
2 Figures above were calculated by subtracting the prevalence of adults with no psychiatric condition from 100.
Note: This table is an excerpt from Table 12.1 in Chapter 12 (Co-morbidity) of the APMS 2007 report: www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/psychiatricmorbidity07
Source: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity (APMS) Survey 2007. |
The Department has commissioned the National Centre for Social Research and the University of Leicester to undertake the 2014 Adult Psychological Morbidity Survey.