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. 2011 Jul 5;343:d3736. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3736

Table 1.

 Population and rate of NHS civil involuntary admissions for mental illness in six areas of England in 1989 and 2003

Area of England Population aged ≥16 (000s) Civil involuntary admissions per 100 000 population aged ≥16 % change in rate of civil involuntary admissions
1989 (14 RHAs) 2003 (28 SHAs) 1989 2003
North 10 575* 10 484† 37.5 54.6 46
West Midlands 4225 4240‡ 34.7 62.1 79
East Midlands 3817§ 4443¶ 31.9 47.7 50
East Anglia 1701 1800** 33.1 51.9 57
South West and South Central 7195†† 7201‡‡ 34.2 55.3 62
South East 11 412§§ 11 885¶¶ 36.2 75.5 109
England 38 925 40 053 36.2 60.7 68

RHAs=regional health authorities; SHAs=strategic health authorities.

*Northern; Yorkshire; Mersey; and North Western.

†Northumberland, Tyne, and Wear; County Durham and Tees Valley; North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire; West Yorkshire; Cumbria and Lancashire; Greater Manchester; and Cheshire and Merseyside.

‡Shropshire and Staffordshire; Birmingham and the Black Country; and Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire.

§Trent.

¶Trent; Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland; and South Yorkshire.

**Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.

††Wessex; Oxford; and South Western.

‡‡Thames Valley; Hampshire and Isle of Wight; Avon, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire; Dorset and Somerset; and South West Peninsula.

§§North West Thames; North East Thames; South East Thames; and South West Thames.

¶¶Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; Essex; North West London; North Central London; North East London; South East London; South West London; Kent and Medway; and Surrey and Sussex.