<strong>Smoking</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> Table 8.8 Number of smokers with <strong>mental</strong> disorders by age in the UK 38 Mental disorder 16–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75+ All Depressive episode 45,467 50,057 71,432 89,669 37,980 15,467 19,955 333,187 Phobias 32,883 47,404 55,715 37,393 31,140 5,700 1,764 214,702 Generalised anxiety disorder 69,610 89,482 22,686 35,972 79,333 46,171 33,644 579,943 Obsessive–compulsive disorder 48,031 34,362 27,320 27,807 11,424 4,630 5,797 157,490 Panic disorder 16,783 26,186 24,132 16,461 14,969 5,776 4,763 112,967 Mixed anxiety <strong>and</strong> depression 166,084 189,673 164,610 209,184 126,609 74,764 62,364 992,480 Probable psychosis 10,310 11,192 29,478 20,240 11,625 2,116 – 99,767 Post-traumatic stress disorder 98,695 84,014 81,241 93,705 39,448 17,083 7,769 423,800 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 21,654 14,625 21,738 15,253 4,019 – 1,611 82,836 Eating disorder 46,371 30,700 22,052 29,756 6,603 4,370 521 141,146 All 555,888 577,696 620,404 675,441 363,150 176,078 138,190 3,138,317 a a Discrepancy with Table 2.5 due to rounding errors. 174 © Royal College of Physicians 2013
The economic cost of smoking in people with <strong>mental</strong> disorders 8 Table 8.9 Life-years gained (LYG) by stopping smoking at different age groups Age at Individual a * Discount Discounted Individual Population LYG from smoking cessation among people with <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> diagnoses quitting rate (%) until age discounted at given quit rate percentage in people with <strong>mental</strong> disorders LYG Undiscounted LYG Discounted LYG 25% 50% 100% 25% 50% 100%