TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of mental disorders in Australia
T2 - Some evidence from the hospital morbidity collection in new south wales
AU - Yusuf, Farhat
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - This study examines data from 47,238 episodes of hospitalization in New South Wales, Australia, pertaining to the patients suffering from mental disorders, i.e. those patients with a principal diagnosis coded from 290 to 315 inclusive, according to the 8th revision of the International Classification of Diseases. An overall prevalence of nine episodes of hospitalization due to mental disorders was found per 1000 population per annum. Major disease categories were neuroses and alcoholism (each accounting for 21% of the total episodes) followed by schizophrenia (16%) and affective psychosis (11%); there were substantial differences by age, sex, marital status and ethnic origin.
AB - This study examines data from 47,238 episodes of hospitalization in New South Wales, Australia, pertaining to the patients suffering from mental disorders, i.e. those patients with a principal diagnosis coded from 290 to 315 inclusive, according to the 8th revision of the International Classification of Diseases. An overall prevalence of nine episodes of hospitalization due to mental disorders was found per 1000 population per annum. Major disease categories were neuroses and alcoholism (each accounting for 21% of the total episodes) followed by schizophrenia (16%) and affective psychosis (11%); there were substantial differences by age, sex, marital status and ethnic origin.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021932000015170
DO - 10.1017/S0021932000015170
M3 - Article
C2 - 6470018
AN - SCOPUS:0021219157
SN - 0021-9320
VL - 16
SP - 357
EP - 367
JO - Journal of Biosocial Science
JF - Journal of Biosocial Science
IS - 3
ER -