HC Deb 19 February 1986 vol 92 cc165-7W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what were (a) the total number of patients, (b) the number in each of the following age ranges: under two years, two to four years, five to nine years, 10 to 15 years, 19 to 64 years, 65 to 74 years and 75 plus years, (c) the number of patients per 100,000 population, (d) the number of under 16-year-olds, (e) the number of under 16-year-olds per

Patients and Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units, 1976–84
Estimated number of residents at 31 December
Age (years) 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Under 10 63 61 42 31 36 25 20 11 10
10–15 *112 138 112 79 65 59 57 53 38
20–64 1,669 1,697 1,676 1,698 1,669 1,627 1,618 1,594 1,521
65–74 225 211 220 249 251 251 228 221 212
75 and over 34 53 47 83 94 92 97 110 113
Under 16 n/a 199 154 110 101 84 77 63 48
16 and over n/a 2,116 2,122 2,159 2,123 2,069 2,026 2,001 1,914
All ages 2,303 2,315 2,276 2,269 2,224 2,153 2,103 2,064 1,962

* Age range 10–14 years for 1976.

n/a=not available.

Estimated number of residents per 100,000 population
Age (years) 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Under 10 30 16 11 8 10 7 6 3 3
10–15 *48 50 40 28 24 22 22 21 15

100,000 population, (f) the number of adults over 16 years of age and (g) the number of adults over 16 years per 100,000 population in hospitals for the mentally handicapped in Wales for each year from 1976 to 1986–87, giving estimated figures where actual figures are not yet available.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The available information relates to the period 1976 to 1984 and is shown in the following table:

Estimated number of residents per 100,000 population
Age (years) 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
20–64 108 110 108 109 107 104 104 101 96
65–74 84 79 81 91 92 92 85 84 82
75 and over 23 35 30 52 57 55 56 62 62
Under 16 n/a 30 23 17 16 13 13 10 9
16 and over n/a 99 99 100 97 95 92 91 86
All ages 82 83 81 81 79 77 75 74 70

* Age range 10–14 years for 1976.

n/a=not available.