1. Prevalence of mental ill-health in a whole country population
of people with learning disabilities
Laura Anne Hughes-McCormack, Ewelina Rydzewska, Angela Henderson, Sally-Ann Cooper Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
Introduction
Mental-ill health is unevenly distributed across the population, and appears to be more prevalent in people with learning disabilities
Other studies reporting prevalence rates have been limited by non-representative samples and/or small study samples
Methods
We analysed Scotland's Census 2011 data and generated descriptive statistics about people with and without learning disabilities.
Sample
In total, 5,295,403 people lived in Scotland in 2011
26,349 (0.5%) of them have learning disabilities
That’s 15,149 (57.5%) males and 11,200 (42.5%) females
5,234 (19.9%) children and 21,115 (80.1%) adults
Project Aims
This study investigated:
The prevalence of mental ill-health in people with learning disabilities compared with the general population
Prevalence of mental ill-health in the populations with and without learning disabilities: N (%)
All ages
0-15 yrs
16-24 yrs
25-34 yrs
35-44 yrs
45-54 yrs
55-64 yrs
65+ yrs
People with LD
5,706 (21.7%)
668 (12.8%)
773 (18.6%)
722 (20.8%)
927 (24.0%)
1,143 (26.6%)
805 (28.1%)
668 (27.2%)
People without LD
227,237 (4.3%)
2,653 (0.3%)
14,777 (2.4%)
32,882 (4.9%)
49,637 (6.8%)
52,107(6.7%)
34,788 (5.2%)
40,393 (4.5%)
Results
Mental health in females
Mental health in males
Conclusions
People with learning disabilities are:
more likely to have mental ill-health, especially males
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