Written Question · S5W-01305 · Session 5
How many people under 21 have been prescribed antidepressant drugs in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age and (b) NHS board.
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people under 21 have been prescribed antidepressant drugs in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age and (b) NHS board.
The answer
The number of people under 21 prescribed antidepressant drugs from calendar year 2009 to 2015 is shown in the following table.
Information on the number of patients prescribed antidepressant drugs before calendar year 2009 is not available because Community Health Index numbers were not captured in sufficient volumes before this date to allow for patient based analysis.
These figures exclude people prescribed drugs in hospital. It is not possible to identify the reason the drug was prescribed, so the figures also include people who have been prescribed antidepressant drugs for conditions other than depression, such as nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting).
Ages 0 to 14 have been presented as an aggregate total due to the possibility of a disclosure risk from small numbers.
NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles have been presented as the aggregated NHS Islands due to the possibility of a disclosure risk from small numbers.
Due to some patients being prescribed drugs in multiple NHS boards, the NHSScotland total will not always equate to the aggregated NHS board total.
Age
NHS Board
Year
0-14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Total
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
2009
34
28
60
110
215
262
364
1,073
NHS Borders
2009
23
13
28
43
56
102
87
352
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
2009
6
12
22
39
54
66
83
282
NHS Fife
2009
36
18
61
114
225
289
337
1,080
NHS Forth Valley
2009
36
18
35
88
172
220
267
836
NHS Grampian
2009
108
60
95
169
258
330
429
1,449
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2009
104
68
162
341
581
886
999
3,141
NHS Highland
2009
43
31
70
115
166
184
205
814
NHS Island Health Boards
2009
6
12
15
25
32
39
49
178
NHS Lanarkshire
2009
37
39
80
162
298
395
478
1,489
NHS Lothian
2009
86
46
107
227
379
598
717
2,160
NHS Tayside
2009
49
31
83
158
225
324
336
1,206
NHSScotland
2009
560
373
814
1,567
2,615
3,624
4,263
13,816
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
2010
49
27
63
146
244
322
362
1,213
NHS Borders
2010
27
11
36
59
71
95
105
404
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
2010
15
16
26
36
70
77
88
328
NHS Fife
2010
38
29
59
135
241
345
420
1,267
NHS Forth Valley
2010
39
23
40
85
147
269
268
871
NHS Grampian
2010
114
70
112
211
336
455
507
1,805
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2010
124
79
154
339
689
913
1,139
3,437
NHS Highland
2010
48
34
67
124
188
249
252
962
NHS Island Health Boards
2010
13
14
23
30
38
46
40
204
NHS Lanarkshire
2010
40
30
112
195
326
461
534
1,698
NHS Lothian
2010
71
64
112
248
473
663
820
2,451
NHS Tayside
2010
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Information on the number of patients prescribed antidepressant drugs before calendar year 2009 is not available because Community Health Index numbers were not captured in sufficient volumes before this date to allow for patient based analysis.
These figures exclude people prescribed drugs in hospital. It is not possible to identify the reason the drug was prescribed, so the figures also include people who have been prescribed antidepressant drugs for conditions other than depression, such as nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting).
Ages 0 to 14 have been presented as an aggregate total due to the possibility of a disclosure risk from small numbers.
NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles have been presented as the aggregated NHS Islands due to the possibility of a disclosure risk from small numbers.
Due to some patients being prescribed drugs in multiple NHS boards, the NHSScotland total will not always equate to the aggregated NHS board total.
Age
NHS Board
Year
0-14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Total
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
2009
34
28
60
110
215
262
364
1,073
NHS Borders
2009
23
13
28
43
56
102
87
352
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
2009
6
12
22
39
54
66
83
282
NHS Fife
2009
36
18
61
114
225
289
337
1,080
NHS Forth Valley
2009
36
18
35
88
172
220
267
836
NHS Grampian
2009
108
60
95
169
258
330
429
1,449
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2009
104
68
162
341
581
886
999
3,141
NHS Highland
2009
43
31
70
115
166
184
205
814
NHS Island Health Boards
2009
6
12
15
25
32
39
49
178
NHS Lanarkshire
2009
37
39
80
162
298
395
478
1,489
NHS Lothian
2009
86
46
107
227
379
598
717
2,160
NHS Tayside
2009
49
31
83
158
225
324
336
1,206
NHSScotland
2009
560
373
814
1,567
2,615
3,624
4,263
13,816
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
2010
49
27
63
146
244
322
362
1,213
NHS Borders
2010
27
11
36
59
71
95
105
404
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
2010
15
16
26
36
70
77
88
328
NHS Fife
2010
38
29
59
135
241
345
420
1,267
NHS Forth Valley
2010
39
23
40
85
147
269
268
871
NHS Grampian
2010
114
70
112
211
336
455
507
1,805
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2010
124
79
154
339
689
913
1,139
3,437
NHS Highland
2010
48
34
67
124
188
249
252
962
NHS Island Health Boards
2010
13
14
23
30
38
46
40
204
NHS Lanarkshire
2010
40
30
112
195
326
461
534
1,698
NHS Lothian
2010
71
64
112
248
473
663
820
2,451
NHS Tayside
2010
42
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