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Table 2 Summary of referrals to specialist CAMHS

From: Inequalities in children’s mental health care: analysis of routinely collected data on prescribing and referrals to secondary care

 

Overall

Year

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021 (Jan - Oct)*

Referrals

21,874

3186

3045

3059

3265

3329

3044

2946

Mean Monthly Referrals

267

266

254

255

272

277

254

295*

Individuals

15,022

2848

2757

2787

2986

3044

2747

2595

Age (mean (SD))

11.81 (3.91)

11.53 (4.19)

11.52 (4.15)

11.53 (4.09)

11.70 (4.02)

11.81 (3.76)

12.30 (3.51)

12.28 (3.49)

Age Group (%)

 Pre-School (2–4)

1100 (5.0)

234 (7.3)

211 (6.9)

199 (6.5)

208 (6.4)

125 (3.8)

68 (2.2)

55 (1.9)

 Lower Primary (5–7)

2699 (12.3)

436 (13.7)

417 (13.7)

410 (13.4)

398 (12.2)

413 (12.4)

310 (10.2)

315 (10.7)

 Upper Primary (8–11)

5057 (23.1)

694 (21.8)

680 (22.3)

723 (23.6)

711 (21.8)

854 (25.7)

714 (23.5)

681 (23.1)

 Lower Secondary (12–14)

6214 (28.4)

804 (25.2)

812 (26.7)

810 (26.5)

985 (30.2)

953 (28.6)

929 (30.5)

921 (31.3)

 Upper Secondary (15–17)

6804 (31.1)

1018 (32.0)

925 (30.4)

917 (30.0)

963 (29.5)

984 (29.6)

1023 (33.6)

974 (33.1)

Sex (%)

 Girls

11,000 (50.3)

1556 (48.8)

1437 (47.2)

1422 (46.5)

1581 (48.4)

1654 (49.7)

1691 (55.6)

1659 (56.3)

 Boys

10,874 (49.7)

1630 (51.2)

1608 (52.8)

1637 (53.5)

1684 (51.6)

1675 (50.3)

1353 (44.4)

1287 (43.7)

SIMD 2020 Quintile (%)

 1 - Most Deprived

1761 (8.1)

290 (9.1)

233 (7.7)

225 (7.4)

284 (8.7)

269 (8.1)

237 (7.8)

223 (7.6)

 2

4123 (18.8)

645 (20.2)

583 (19.1)

554 (18.1)

611 (18.7)

642 (19.3)

546 (17.9)

542 (18.4)

 3

4538 (20.7)

663 (20.8)

686 (22.5)

660 (21.6)

637 (19.5)

646 (19.4)

625 (20.5)

621 (21.1)

 4

6196 (28.3)

825 (25.9)

837 (27.5)

903 (29.5)

947 (29.0)

981 (29.5)

875 (28.7)

828 (28.1)

 5 - Least Deprived

5256 (24.0)

763 (23.9)

706 (23.2)

717 (23.4)

786 (24.1)

791 (23.8)

761 (25.0)

732 (24.8)

Urban Rural Classification (%)

 Urban

11,542 (52.8)

1712 (53.7)

1571 (51.6)

1581 (51.7)

1719 (52.6)

1790 (53.8)

1604 (52.7)

1565 (53.1)

 Small Town

3755 (17.2)

555 (17.4)

546 (17.9)

529 (17.3)

565 (17.3)

537 (16.1)

515 (16.9)

508 (17.2)

 Rural

6577 (30.1)

919 (28.8)

928 (30.5)

949 (31.0)

981 (30.0)

1002 (30.1)

925 (30.4)

873 (29.6)

  1. *Data for 2021 are partial and cover to the end of October only. Monthly average for 2021 has been calculated from the number of months available