Annual counts of antidepressant prescriptions, hospital admissions for self harm, and deaths from suicide of undetermined intent in young people in the United Kingdom, England, and England and Wales
| Year | Antidepressant prescriptions (ages 12-19, UK)* | Hospital admissions for self harm (ages 12-17, England)† | Deaths from suicide or undetermined intent (ages 12-17, England and Wales)‡ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
| 1993 | 53 000 | 93 000 | NA | NA | 54 | 26 | ||
| 1994 | 37 000 | 86 000 | NA | NA | 57 | 16 | ||
| 1995 | 43 000 | 112 000 | NA | NA | 38 | 31 | ||
| 1996 | 61 000 | 145 000 | NA | NA | 50 | 21 | ||
| 1997 | 81 000 | 191 000 | NA | NA | 52 | 26 | ||
| 1998 | 88 000 | 198 000 | NA | NA | 55 | 20 | ||
| 1999 | 82 000 | 207 000 | 2195 | 6597 | 47 | 25 | ||
| 2000 | 99 000 | 244 000 | 2144 | 7733 | 59 | 23 | ||
| 2001 | 123 000 | 319 000 | 2200 | 7599 | 48 | 15 | ||
| 2002 | 157 000 | 339 000 | 2088 | 8082 | 46 | 26 | ||
| 2003 | 170 000 | 369 000 | 2286 | 8918 | 39 | 19 | ||
| 2004 | 136 000 | 299 000 | 2377 | 9572 | 37 | 25 | ||
| 2005 | 95 000 | 227 000 | 2448 | 10 052 | 34 | 14 | ||
NA=not available. UK consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. England accounts for 84% of UK’s 60.6 million population (2006 figures, Office for National Statistics).
*Data from IMS Health.9
†Data from Hospital Episode Statistics.11
‡Data from Office for National Statistics.10