children's services scrutiny forum agenda - Hartlepool Borough ...

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7.3(b)
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a Developmental Disorder (rather than a Mental
or Behavioural Disorder), however, young people with ASD are more likely to
develop Mental Health Disorder(s)
• A recent study in south East London (Baird et al, 2006) estimated the
prevalence of childhood autism at 38.9 per 100,000 and that of other ASDs at
77.2 per 10,000, making the prevalence of all ASDs 116.1 per 10,000 or
approximately 1%
• If the prevalence rate found by the above study were applied to the population
aged 5 – 16 years of Hartlepool this would estimate approximately 136 cases
Self Harm and Suicide
• A conservative estimate is that there are 24,000 cases of attempted suicide
by adolescents (of 10 to 19 years) each year in England and Wales, which is
one attempt every 20 minutes (Hawton et al, 1999)
• A Samaritans study found that four more adolescent females self-harmed
than adolescent males (Samaritans, 2003)
• The most recent data from the ONS indicate that in 2005 there were 125
deaths of 15 to 19 year olds for suicide or undetermined injury in England and
Wales.
• This is a rate of 3.6 deaths per 100,000 population aged 15 to 19 years (ONS
2005)
• If applied to the population of Hartlepool this would equate to an estimate of 0
deaths from suicide or undetermined injury per year
• However, over the past decade or so, there have been adolescent suicides in
Hartlepool
School Phobia/Refusal
• It is estimated that between 1 – 5 % of the school aged population are
anxious about attending school
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