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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 2B5 Discharges with alcohol-related problems from mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units by age, sex and main diagnosis; by category of admission year ending 31 March 1996
 

Main diagnosis

Secondary

diagnosis 1

Both
sexes

Males

Females

Both
sexes

All
ages

All
ages

15-24
over

25-44
ages

45-64
over

65-74
ages

75 &

All

15-24

25-44

45-64

65-74

75 &

All

All Admissions 2

3,734

2,614

90

1,220

1,074

179

51

1,120

41

555

417

75

32

731

Alcohol dependence

2,839

1,979

66

972

819

106

16

860

36

447

311

48

18

472

Alcohol non-dependence

346

245

16

119

82

24

4

101

2

58

34

4

3

179

Alcoholic psychoses

549

390

8

129

173

49

31

159

3

50

72

23

11

80

First Admissions 3

1,170

835

39

398

321

57

20

335

20

170

102

24

19

225

Alcohol dependence

883

635

27

323

245

32

8

248

17

136

70

16

9

138

Alcohol non-dependence

93

61

8

25

21

6

1

32

1

21

8

1

1

57

Alcoholic psychoses

194

139

4

50

55

19

11

55

2

13

24

7

9

30

Re-admissions 4

2,264

1,561

45

729

669

93

25

703

19

347

285

42

10

442

Alcohol dependence

1,765

1,209

34

586

517

64

8

556

17

282

222

27

8

297

Alcohol non dependence

219

156

8

77

57

13

1

63

1

35

23

3

1

105

Alcoholic psychoses

280

196

3

66

95

16

16

84

1

30

40

12

1

40

Source: ISD Scotland, Common Services Agency

1 Discharges where alcohol-related problems are recorded as a secondary reason for admission to hospital.
2 Includes direct transfers from other psychiatric hospitals and those whose status on admission is ‘not known’.
3 Discharges where the patient’s record states that they have had no previous psychiatric in-patient care.
4 Discharges following a break in in-patient care. Excludes direct transfers from other psychiatric hospitals.
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