Hospitals in England dealt with 6,370 admissions for stress in the 12 months to May 2012; a 7% rise on the previous 12 month period.
Admission rates were highest among working-aged people (aged 18 to 60), provisional figures from a Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) report show. The report, which considers admissions only (and not cases dealt with solely in A&E) show stress admissions rose at a faster rate than admissions overall, which increased by about 2% in the same period. It also shows the North West had the highest admission rate for stress of any region, while the South West had the lowest.
