Table 2.

Characteristics of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) with highest (top 10) and lowest (bottom 10) numbers, cumulatively, of the 5 most prescribed antidepressant items/ population of CCG in England 2015–2019.

CCG name	Total items prescribed cumulatively for top 5 antidepressants1	% increase in AD prescribing2	Population3	IMD average score4	Rank of IMD average score5	Items/ population of CCG6
Blackpool	1,428,981	20.7	139,305	45.04	2	10.26
Sunderland	2,484,968	40.1	277,417	30.59	30	8.96
Barnsley	2,039,857	30.2	245,199	29.93	32	8.32
South Tyneside	1,177,825	27.7	150,265	31.51	24	7.84
North Tyneside	1,579,118	24.9	205,985	22.28	85	7.67
Knowsley	1,137,808	22.5	149,571	43.01	3	7.61
St Helens	1,328,490	27.5	180,049	31.52	23	7.38
Newcastle Gateshead	3,698,904	27.9	502,704	29.15	39	7.36
Salford	1,844,764	18.0	254,408	34.21	12	7.25
Hull	1,844,619	33.1	260,645	40.56	5	7.08
Hillingdon	845,994	18.8	304,824	18.22	120	2.78
Hounslow	749,529	26.0	270,782	21.49	94	2.77
Newham	932,844	32.3	352,005	29.58	34	2.65
Ealing	905,920	37.4	341,982	22.71	78	2.65
Waltham Forest	659,944	21.5	276,700	25.21	64	2.39
West London	535,363	19.1	226,099	22.35	84	2.37
City and Hackney	669,171	24.4	288,371	32.09	21	2.32
Brent	725,697	21.7	330,795	25.56	62	2.19
Harrow	547,811	16.8	250,149	15.03	151	2.19
Redbridge	626,867	28.4	303,858	17.20	131	2.06

¹The 5 most prescribed antidepressants are citalopram, amitriptyline, sertraline, mirtazapine and fluoxetine. ² Antidepressant (AD) prescribing in 2019 as a % of 2015 values.³ Mid-2018 population estimates for CCGs in England from the Office for National Statistics.⁴The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) average scores for 2019 for each CCG. ⁵ Ranking of IMD average score across all CCGs out of 191. The higher the IMD average score (e.g. 45.04), the lower the rank of average score (e.g. 2), and the more deprived a particular CCG area is. ⁶ Calculated by the formula: total items cumulatively for 5 most prescribed antidepressants per CCG divided by CCG population.