Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(asked on 16th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children who suffer with obsessive compulsive disorder in each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK.
Information on the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) among adults and children and young people in England is shown in the following tables. This information is not available at regional level.
Information on the prevalence of OCD in the other nations of the United Kingdom is a matter for the devolved administrations.
OCD prevalence in adults in England (aged 16-74) 1 | ||||
| 1993 % | 2000 % | 2007 % | 2014 % |
Men | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Women | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
All adults | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
Source: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2014, NHS Digital
Note: 1 16-64 for 1993; 16-74 for 2000 onwards
OCD prevalence in children and young people in England 2017 | ||||
. | Age groups | |||
5-10 year olds % | 11-16 year olds % | 17-19 year olds % | All % | |
All |
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Any emotional disorder | 4.1 | 9.0 | 14.9 | 8.1 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Boys | ||||
Any emotional disorder | 4.6 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Girls | ||||
Any emotional disorder | 3.6 | 10.9 | 22.4 | 10.0 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Source: Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey, NHS Digital