§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were admitted to mental institutions suffering from schizophrenia in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985; and what records are available of the breakdown by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnic origin.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe available information on numbers of admissions is given in the table. Analyses are also available by age and sex, but not by ethnic origin. Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in the combined diagnostic group schizophrenia and paranoia are analysed by age and sex in booklet No. 12 (Diagnostic 61W data) in the series of DHSS booklets "Mental Health Statistics for England" for the years 1983 and 1984. Similar information for earlier years is included in HMSO publications in the series "In-patient statistics from the Mental Health Inquiry for England". Copies of both series are in the Library.
Admissions* to NHS mental illness hospitals and units† in England of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenic psychoses. Year Number 1980 24,763 1981 25,397 1982 23,991 1983 24,413 1984 25,100 * Some people have more than one admission in a year and are represented more than once in the figures. † A small number of these admissions was to mental handicap hospitals and units and Special Hospitals.