| 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 |
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Both |
Males |
Females |
Both |
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All |
All |
15-24 |
25-44 |
45-64 |
65-74 |
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 patients 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. |