Table 2.
Summary of referrals to specialist CAMHS
| Overall | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 (Jan - Oct)* | ||
| Referrals | 21,874 | 3186 | 3045 | 3059 | 3265 | 3329 | 3044 | 2946 |
| Mean Monthly Referrals | 267 | 266 | 254 | 255 | 272 | 277 | 254 | 295* |
| Individuals | 15,022 | 2848 | 2757 | 2787 | 2986 | 3044 | 2747 | 2595 |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 11.81 (3.91) | 11.53 (4.19) | 11.52 (4.15) | 11.53 (4.09) | 11.70 (4.02) | 11.81 (3.76) | 12.30 (3.51) | 12.28 (3.49) |
| Age Group (%) | ||||||||
| Pre-School (2–4) | 1100 (5.0) | 234 (7.3) | 211 (6.9) | 199 (6.5) | 208 (6.4) | 125 (3.8) | 68 (2.2) | 55 (1.9) |
| Lower Primary (5–7) | 2699 (12.3) | 436 (13.7) | 417 (13.7) | 410 (13.4) | 398 (12.2) | 413 (12.4) | 310 (10.2) | 315 (10.7) |
| Upper Primary (8–11) | 5057 (23.1) | 694 (21.8) | 680 (22.3) | 723 (23.6) | 711 (21.8) | 854 (25.7) | 714 (23.5) | 681 (23.1) |
| Lower Secondary (12–14) | 6214 (28.4) | 804 (25.2) | 812 (26.7) | 810 (26.5) | 985 (30.2) | 953 (28.6) | 929 (30.5) | 921 (31.3) |
| Upper Secondary (15–17) | 6804 (31.1) | 1018 (32.0) | 925 (30.4) | 917 (30.0) | 963 (29.5) | 984 (29.6) | 1023 (33.6) | 974 (33.1) |
| Sex (%) | ||||||||
| Girls | 11,000 (50.3) | 1556 (48.8) | 1437 (47.2) | 1422 (46.5) | 1581 (48.4) | 1654 (49.7) | 1691 (55.6) | 1659 (56.3) |
| Boys | 10,874 (49.7) | 1630 (51.2) | 1608 (52.8) | 1637 (53.5) | 1684 (51.6) | 1675 (50.3) | 1353 (44.4) | 1287 (43.7) |
| SIMD 2020 Quintile (%) | ||||||||
| 1 - Most Deprived | 1761 (8.1) | 290 (9.1) | 233 (7.7) | 225 (7.4) | 284 (8.7) | 269 (8.1) | 237 (7.8) | 223 (7.6) |
| 2 | 4123 (18.8) | 645 (20.2) | 583 (19.1) | 554 (18.1) | 611 (18.7) | 642 (19.3) | 546 (17.9) | 542 (18.4) |
| 3 | 4538 (20.7) | 663 (20.8) | 686 (22.5) | 660 (21.6) | 637 (19.5) | 646 (19.4) | 625 (20.5) | 621 (21.1) |
| 4 | 6196 (28.3) | 825 (25.9) | 837 (27.5) | 903 (29.5) | 947 (29.0) | 981 (29.5) | 875 (28.7) | 828 (28.1) |
| 5 - Least Deprived | 5256 (24.0) | 763 (23.9) | 706 (23.2) | 717 (23.4) | 786 (24.1) | 791 (23.8) | 761 (25.0) | 732 (24.8) |
| Urban Rural Classification (%) | ||||||||
| Urban | 11,542 (52.8) | 1712 (53.7) | 1571 (51.6) | 1581 (51.7) | 1719 (52.6) | 1790 (53.8) | 1604 (52.7) | 1565 (53.1) |
| Small Town | 3755 (17.2) | 555 (17.4) | 546 (17.9) | 529 (17.3) | 565 (17.3) | 537 (16.1) | 515 (16.9) | 508 (17.2) |
| Rural | 6577 (30.1) | 919 (28.8) | 928 (30.5) | 949 (31.0) | 981 (30.0) | 1002 (30.1) | 925 (30.4) | 873 (29.6) |
*Data for 2021 are partial and cover to the end of October only. Monthly average for 2021 has been calculated from the number of months available