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Table 1 Hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders in primiparous mothers, 2001–2010, New South Wales, Australia

From: The increased trend in mothers’ hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders in the first year after birth between 2001 and 2010 in New South Wales, Australia

Year

Primiparous mothers (n)

Principal diagnosis

All diagnoses

  

Mothers

Rate (%)

95% CI

Mothers

Rate (%)

95% CI

2001

34,816

273

0.78

0.69

0.87

615

1.77

1.63

1.91

2002

34,463

430

1.25

1.13

1.37

760

2.21

2.05

2.37

2003

35,091

359

1.02

0.91

1.13

952

2.71

2.54

2.88

2004

34,877

436

1.25

1.13

1.37

1,145

3.28

3.09

3.47

2005

36,157

860

2.38

2.22

2.54

1,299

3.59

3.40

3.78

2006

36,509

779

2.13

1.98

2.28

1,088

2.98

2.81

3.15

2007

38,379

761

1.98

1.84

2.12

1,064

2.77

2.61

2.93

2008

38,330

771

2.01

1.87

2.15

1,018

2.66

2.50

2.82

2009

38,960

752

1.93

1.79

2.07

1,030

2.64

2.48

2.80

2010

39,573

719

1.82

1.69

1.95

1,189

3.00

2.83

3.17

Total

367,155

6140

1.67

1.63

1.71

10,160

2.77

2.72

2.82

  

Hospital admissions#

  

Hospital admissions#

  

2001

34,816

404

1.16

1.05

1.27

832

2.39

2.23

2.55

2002

34,463

521

1.51

1.38

1.64

938

2.72

2.55

2.89

2003

35,091

548

1.56

1.43

1.69

1,251

3.57

3.38

3.76

2004

34,877

530

1.52

1.39

1.65

1,357

3.89

3.69

4.09

2005

36,157

1015

2.81

2.64

2.98

1,530

4.23

4.02

4.44

2006

36,509

1001

2.74

2.57

2.91

1,407

3.85

3.65

4.05

2007

38,379

994

2.59

2.43

2.75

1,421

3.70

3.51

3.89

2008

38,330

945

2.47

2.31

2.63

1,273

3.32

3.14

3.50

2009

38,960

1022

2.62

2.46

2.78

1,368

3.51

3.33

3.69

2010

39,573

904

2.28

2.13

2.43

1,459

3.69

3.5

3.88

Total

367,155

7884

2.15

2.10

2.20

12,836

3.50

3.44

3.56

  1. #A mother may be admitted to hospital for psychiatric disorders more than one time.
  2. CI: confidence interval.