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Written question asked by Ed Balls (Labour) on Friday, 28 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 November 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Mental Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged five to 16 have a clinically diagnosed mental disorder in (a) Normanton constituency, (b) Wakefield East Primary Care Trust (PCT), (c) Wakefield West PCT, (d) Wakefield District and (e) West Yorkshire.
Answer

The table shows the number of children aged between five and 16 years with a primary psychiatric diagnosis (ICD-10 codes F00 to F99)¹ by gender and within the Eastern Wakefield Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Wakefield West PCTs and within the West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA), in the latest year that figures are available².

Aged 5 to 16 years
Male Female All patients
West Yorkshire SHA 80 80 160
Eastern Wakefield PCT 10 10 20
Wakefield West PCT 10 10 10
Note: Disclosure rules apply due to the sensitive nature of the data; therefore, figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre
(21) Diagnoses are taken from chapter V (Mental and Behavioural Disorders) of the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
(22) Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data are ungrossed.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24248; 439 c1170-1W;439 c1170-1W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Children Mental illness Wakefield West Yorkshire Normanton
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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