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Tables 3.1 and 3.2 contain information on home care services provided to clients with mental health problems. Information on home care for other individual client groups is included in chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5. More detailed analysis of home care for all client groups is contained in Chapter 1. Please refer to the notes in annex A for definitions on which the data are collected.
Table 3.1: Age Breakdown of Clients with Mental Health Problems Receiving Home Care, 1998-2000
|
Age Group |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
0-15 |
0% |
1% |
0% |
|
16-17 |
0% |
0% |
3% |
|
18-64 |
58% |
57% |
48% |
|
65-74 |
21% |
23% |
22% |
|
75-84 |
15% |
15% |
19% |
|
85+ |
6% |
5% |
8% |
|
Total |
2,154 |
2,216 |
2,256 |
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - H1 Return
Table 3.1 presents the age breakdown of people with mental health problems receiving home care from 1998 to 2000. Prior to 1998 a full age/client group breakdown was not provided.
There was a small increase of 4.7 per cent in the number of people with mental health problems receiving home care between 1998 and 2000 (2,256 clients in 2000). The majority of clients receiving home care were aged between 18 and 64 (48 per cent in 2000).
Since 1998 the proportion of clients in the 65 and over category has been increasing slightly year on year to reach 49 per cent in 2000.
Table 3.2: Age Breakdown of People with Mental Health Problems Receiving Home Care, 2000
|
Local Authority |
0-15 |
16-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85 plus |
Total Clients |
Clients per 10,000 Pop'n aged 16-64 |
|
Aberdeen City |
0% |
36% |
30% |
24% |
9% |
99 |
7.0 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
0% |
66% |
34% |
0% |
0% |
70 |
4.7 |
|
Angus |
0% |
53% |
18% |
23% |
8% |
40 |
5.8 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
0% |
28% |
48% |
25% |
0% |
40 |
7.1 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
2% |
69% |
19% |
7% |
3% |
59 |
18.9 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
0% |
28% |
23% |
22% |
28% |
65 |
7.2 |
|
Dundee City |
0% |
79% |
18% |
3% |
0% |
34 |
3.8 |
|
East Ayrshire |
0% |
45% |
18% |
27% |
9% |
33 |
4.3 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
0% |
31% |
8% |
8% |
54% |
26 |
3.5 |
|
East Lothian |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
13 |
2.2 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
0% |
50% |
20% |
20% |
10% |
30 |
5.1 |
|
Edinburgh, City of |
0% |
79% |
13% |
5% |
3% |
184 |
6.0 |
|
Eileanan Siar |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
9 |
5.4 |
|
Falkirk |
0% |
51% |
30% |
15% |
4% |
53 |
5.6 |
|
Fife |
0% |
83% |
12% |
4% |
0% |
211 |
9.4 |
|
Glasgow City |
1% |
38% |
22% |
25% |
15% |
330 |
8.2 |
|
Highland |
0% |
44% |
29% |
23% |
4% |
73 |
5.5 |
|
Inverclyde |
0% |
64% |
8% |
24% |
3% |
59 |
11.0 |
|
Midlothian |
0% |
58% |
23% |
19% |
0% |
106 |
19.5 |
|
Moray |
0% |
55% |
12% |
27% |
6% |
33 |
6.2 |
|
North Ayrshire |
0% |
40% |
22% |
34% |
5% |
86 |
9.6 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
0% |
54% |
20% |
19% |
7% |
90 |
4.2 |
|
Orkney Islands |
0% |
29% |
38% |
29% |
5% |
42 |
34.1 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
0% |
88% |
9% |
3% |
0% |
32 |
3.8 |
|
Renfrewshire |
0% |
40% |
29% |
18% |
13% |
45 |
3.9 |
|
Scottish Borders |
0% |
81% |
5% |
10% |
5% |
21 |
3.2 |
|
Shetland Islands |
0% |
86% |
14% |
0% |
0% |
7 |
4.9 |
|
South Ayrshire |
0% |
24% |
42% |
33% |
1% |
92 |
12.8 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
0% |
35% |
24% |
31% |
11% |
55 |
2.7 |
|
Stirling |
0% |
59% |
18% |
18% |
5% |
22 |
3.9 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
0% |
41% |
30% |
26% |
3% |
61 |
10.1 |
|
West Lothian |
0% |
18% |
18% |
37% |
26% |
136 |
12.8 |
|
Scotland |
0% |
51% |
22% |
19% |
8% |
2,256 |
6.8 |
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - H1 Return
Table 3.2 shows the age breakdown of clients with mental health problems receiving home care services within each local authority in 2000.
Orkney Islands had the highest number of clients (34.1) with mental health problems receiving home care per 10,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64. Conversely, East Lothian had the lowest rate in Scotland with 2.2 clients per 10,000 of the population aged 16-64.
The Scotland rate per 10,000 of the population aged 16-64 receiving home care amounted to 6.8.
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