Table 1 Personal, clinical and legal characteristics of psychiatric admissions during the study period

Gender

Female

8,147

45.9

824 (10.1)

Male

9,597

54.1

908 (9.5)

Age Group

16-25

2,629

14.8

295 (11.3)

26-35

4,368

24.6

335 (7.7)

36-45

5,184

29.2

376 (7.2)

46-55

2,800

15.7

228 (8.1)

56-65

1,188

6.7

150 (12.7)

66-75

776

4.4

151 (19.3)

76+

799

4.5

197 (24.7)

Ethnicity

White European

10,511

59.2

865 (8.2)

Black African

1,913

10.8

269 (14.1)

Black Caribbean

1,567

8.8

211 (13.5)

Black other

1,946

11.0

212 (10.9)

East Asian

410

2.3

35 (8.5)

South Asian

337

1.9

29 (8.6)

Mixed, other

1,060

6.0

111 (10.5)

Marital Status

Single

11,164

64.6

1,077 (9.4)

Married/civil partnership

2,283

12.9

244 (10.7)

Divorced/separated

2,182

12.3

188 (8.6)

Widowed

658

3.7

141 (21.4)

Not-known

1,157

6.5

82 (7.1)

Diagnosis

Organic and Developmental Disorders

903

5.1

236 (26.0)

Schizophrenia

3,902

22.0

547 (14.0)

Schizoaffective and other Psychotic Disorders

2,102

11.9

268 (12.7)

Bipolar Disorder

1,972

11.1

232 (11.8)

Depression and Neurotic Disorders

3,246

18.3

211 (6.5)

Personality Disorders

909

5.1

55 (6.1)

Substance Misuse Disorders

3,582

20.2

109 (3.0)

Eating Disorders and Other Behavioural Disorders

247

1.4

20 (8.1)

Unknown

881

5.0

54 (6.1)

Service

General Adult Services

11,957

67.4

1,074 (9.0)

PICU

564

3.2

108 (19.0)

MHOA

1,390

7.8

328 (23.7)

CAMHS

255

1.4

28 (11.0)

Specialist

746

4.2

81 (10.9)

Learning Disabilities

60

0.3

24 (40.0)

Addictions

2,527

14.2

16 (0.6)

Forensic

177

1.0

62 (35.0)

Rehab

68

0.4

11 (16.2)

Mental Health Act Status

Informal

10,608

59.8

433 (4.1)

Section 4/5/136

703

34.0

68 (9.8)

Section 2

2,326

13.1

332 (14.3)

Section 3*

3,740

21.1

507 (13.6)

Forensic

367

2.1

92 (25.1)

Total

17,744

100

1,732 (9.8)

*Section 3 detained for >3 months

2,201

12.4

353 (22.9)