Mental health
The National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing of Adults 1997 results found that 18% of survey respondents reported that they had experienced the symptoms of a mental disorder at some time during the twelve-month period before interview. Women were more likely than men to have reported the symptoms of anxiety disorders (12% of women compared to 7% of men). Women were more likely to have reported affective disorders, such as depression (7% of women compared with 4% of men), and young women reported the highest rates (11% for those women aged 18–24). Men were more than twice as likely to have reported the symptoms of substance use disorders (11% of men compared with 4% of women). Young people are much more likely to report a mental disorder, and there is a substantial and steady decline across age groups. Young men reported the highest rate of substance use disorder, at 22% for those men aged 18–241.
- Psychological distress - K10 scores
- High and very high psychological distress by age
- High and very high psychological distress by year and sex
- North Coast — Suicide Deaths and Directly Standardised Death Rates, 1974-2004