Statistics On Mental Health term 1

Statistics on Mental Health 

• In each year, approx one in every five Australians will experience a metal illness. 

• Mental illness are the third leading cause of disability burden  in Australia, accounting for an estimated 27% of the total years lost due to disability. 

• About 4% of people will experience a major depressive episode in a 12month period.

• About 3% of Australians are affected by psychotic illness; such as schizophrenia, where there is a loss of contact with reality during episodes of illness.

• Approx 2% of Australians will experience some type of eating disorder in their life, with women 9 times more likely than men. 

• A national survey showed that 35% of people with a mental disorder had used a health service and 29% consulted a GP within the 12 months before the survey.

• Adolescents with mental health problems reported a high rate of suicidal thoughts and other health risks behaviours including drinking, smoking and drug use. 

• Twelve per cent of 13-17 year olds reported having thought about suicide, while 4.25 had actually made a suicide attempt. Females had higher rates of suicidal ideation than males. 

• 23.1% reported smoking, 36.7 reported drinking, 18% said they had used marijuana.

• Only one out of every four young persons with mental health problems had received professional health care.