Table 1.
Annual incidence of involuntary hospitalisation per 100 000 individuals by country
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Average annual percentage change* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia†11 | .. | 182·3 | 181·8 | 172·9 | 181·3 | 187·6 | 189·3 | .. | 227·3 | .. | 3·44% |
| Austria12 | 255·0 | 260·0 | 265·0 | 277·0 | 284·0 | 281·0 | 276·2 | 282·0 | .. | .. | 1·48% |
| Belgium13 | 58·3 | 60·5 | 60·9 | 60·3 | 60·3 | 61·1 | 63·4 | 63·6 | .. | .. | 1·26% |
| Cyprus†14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98·7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Denmark†‡ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61·8 | 66·1 | 68·1 | 73·9 | 74·6 | 58·5 | −0·42% |
| England†§1 | 83·7 | 84·1 | 87·5 | 86·3 | 89·9 | 92·7 | 97·0 | 105·4 | 114·1 | 82·2¶ | 4·00% |
| Finland†15 | 193·2 | 181·0 | 169·3 | 164·3 | 156·2 | 153·6 | 152·1 | 152·8 | 151·4 | .. | −2·97% |
| France16 | 108·0 | 106·0 | 127·4 | 138·1 | 138·4 | 144·3 | 140·0 | .. | 4·71% | ||
| Germany†17 | 150·6 | 153·1 | 155·0 | 168·5 | 170·6 | 170·2 | 170·8 | 173·0 | .. | .. | 1·93% |
| Greece18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 78·9 | .. |
| Northern Ireland†19 | .. | 38·5 | 37·8 | 39·4 | 41·9 | 44·4 | 45·0 | 46·7 | 48·4 | 45·4 | 2·16% |
| Italy20 | .. | .. | 17·9 | .. | 18·0 | 14·8 | 14·9 | 14·5 | .. | .. | −3·86% |
| The Netherlands†21 | 99·2 | 114·3 | 119·9 | 124·0 | 127·5 | 136·1 | 138·2 | 143·7 | 152·0 | 155·3 | 5·18% |
| New Zealand†‖ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70·8 | 73·2 | 73·6 | 71·2 | 73·3 | 0·91% |
| Ireland†§22 | .. | 56·1 | 57·3 | 53·3 | 57·7 | 53·5 | 53·0 | 57·5 | 55·4 | .. | 0·01% |
| Norway23 | .. | .. | 162·7 | 162·1 | 153·3 | 151·4 | 155·3 | 150·9 | .. | .. | −1·45% |
| Portugal24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18·2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scotland†§25 | 74·9 | 75·0 | 74·1 | 77·6 | 76·8 | 80·1 | 81·7 | 88·3 | 91·0 | 98·4 | 3·13% |
| Spain†26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 96·4 | 93·6 | 108·6 | 121·9 | 8·45% |
| Sweden†27 | .. | .. | .. | 117·3 | 118·7 | 118·0 | 123·2 | 116·5 | 115·5 | −0·25% | |
| Switzerland28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 131·1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Wales†§29 | 43·9 | 52·1 | 44·4 | 55·2 | 45·9 | 46·7 | 54·4 | 61·7 | 64·3 | 56·8 | 3·96% |
| UK** | .. | 81·5 | 83·8 | 83·5 | 86·2 | 88·6 | 92·8 | 100·8 | 107·9 | 4·13% |
For each country, the percentage change was first calculated for available years then summarised as a mean.
Annual incidence calculated from the total number of involuntary hospitalisations and population data or other available data.
Data received from Danish state police via email.
Not used in demographic, economic, and health-care analyses; data from the whole of the UK was used instead.
Excluded because of known underreporting.
Data received from the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services, New Zealand via email.
Calculated using data for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and population data from the Office of National Statistics.11