§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the most recently available figures for admission rate(a) for mental illness generally and (b) schizophrenia to mental hospitals, broken down by country of birth.
§ Mr. FreemanThe figures in the table show the proportion of all such admissions for all mental illness and for schizophrenia only, broken down by place of birth. The information relates to admissions, and not to individual patients, since the same patient may be admitted more than once during the year.
All admissions to National Health Service mental illness hospitals and units, England during 1986, by place of birth Percentage of all admissions Place of birth AH mental illness per cent. Schizophrenia only per cent. England 51.1 54.0 Ireland1 2.4 2.2 Scotland 1.6 1.2 Wales 0.6 0.4 Europe 1.2 1.8 Africa 0.7 1.4 Central South Asia2 1.0 1.8 Rest of Asia 0.4 0.7 Australasia 0.1 0.1 Americas 0.3 0.4 Caribbean 0.7 2.5 Not known 39.9 33.5 1 Including Northern Ireland. 2 Central South Asia comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.