Table 4.

Prevalence of MNS disorders, epilepsy and intellectual disability and proportions of target population(s) accessing inpatient and outpatient mental healthcare, South Africa

Cause	Prevalence (2016; Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network, 2018)
Idiopathic developmental intellectual disability	1.7%
Epilepsy	0.6%
Schizophrenia	0.2%
Alcohol use disorders	1.6%
Drug use disorders	0.7%
Depressive disorders	3.9%
Bipolar disorder	0.6%
Anxiety disorders	3.8%
Eating disorders	0.2%
Autistic spectrum disorders	0.8%
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	1.2%
Conduct disorder	0.8%
Total: mental and substance use disorders	15.9%
Total: mental and substance use disorders, epilepsy and intellectual disability	16.2%
Total uninsured population (South Africa), 2016/17	46 392 634
Modelled estimate: total population (uninsured) living with mental and substance use disorders, epilepsy and intellectual disability (2016/17)	7 534 125
Total: inpatient mental health admissions, 2016/17	88 444
Modelled estimate: total inpatient mental health admissions that were readmissions, 2016/17	21 404
Modelled estimate: % of uninsured South Africans living with mental and substance use disorders, epilepsy and intellectual disability (2016/17) that have accessed inpatient care (2016/17)	0.89%
Total: outpatient mental health admissions, 2016/17	567 277
Modelled estimate: % of uninsured South Africans living with mental and substance use disorders, epilepsy and intellectual disability (2016/17) that have accessed outpatient care (2016/17)	7.5%